AMMAN — A request for proposal (RFP) for
the construction of a 450km pipeline that will pump desalinated seawater from
the
Red Sea port of Aqaba to Amman and elsewhere across the Kingdom was sent
Wednesday to a group of prequalified bidders, according to the Jordan News Agency,
Petra.
اضافة اعلان
Minister of Water and Irrigation Mohammad Najjar
said the RFP was forwarded to five prequalified global consortiums to present
financial and technical offers. The project is projected to supply the capital
and other regions of the Kingdom with 300 million cubic meters of desalinated
seawater annually.
In addition to the pipeline, an intake plant and
water treatment facility will be constructed under the project. The ministry
had conducted technical, financial, and other studies related to the energy
required by the project, under grants provided by the US Agency for
International Development and the
European Investment Bank.
Stemming from the government’s commitment to reducing
greenhouse gas emissions and costs, one of the project’s main requirements is
the use of clean energy for desalination and pumping, the minister said.
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