AMMAN —
Yarmouk Water Company (YWC) on Wednesday launched a blanket plan for Jordan’s
northern governorates’ water networks aimed at improving their efficiency by
evaluating their needs, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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The plan is part of
a previous agreement to carry out projects, funded by
USAID for YWC, with a
value of $25.9 million. The projects aim at rehabilitating water networks and
improving water supply to citizens.
During the
launching ceremony, in the presence of USAID representatives and the
implementing company, YWC Chairman Hussein Al-Soub stressed the importance of
executing this blanket plan to identify the needs of the water networks in the
northern governorates and their sources. He also said the it will help assess
supply systems, and set priorities for investment in the networks for the
coming years.
The process is in
preparation for carrying out projects, and preparing networks to receive water
from the National Water Carrier Project, which is scheduled to be completed by
2028, Soub said.
Future projects
will be reflected in the increased water quantities available to more than
380,000 subscribers in the northern governorates of Irbid, Jerash, Ajloun, and
Mafraq. Others include reduced water losses, improved operational efficiency,
and developed schemes to secure new water sources, he said.
USAID Director of
Water Projects Louis Qaqish referred to the agency’s grants provided to YWC and
their impact on improving water supply and reducing the rate of water loss.
He said in the
future, projects will prepare water networks to receive desalinated Red Sea
water pumped by the National Water Carrier Project , which is expected to cover
the Kingdom’s water needs.
Tender for the blanket plan project for water networks in
the northern governorates stands at $1 million, and is scheduled to be
implemented within 9 months.
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