AMMAN — An agreement to rehabilitate and
upgrade water networks in Maan, dubbed “Farah 3” was signed by the Water
Authority of Jordan on Thursday. The project valued at $11 million, will be
funded through a grant from USAID.
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Bashar Batayneh, the authority’s secretary
general, signed agreement in the presence of the Minister of Water and the
irrigation engineer, Muhammad Al-Najjar, according to Jordan News Agency,
Petra.
Batayneh said that the ministry is focusing
its efforts on modernizing and developing water networks in all regions of the
Kingdom to reduce water loss and improve the level of service provided to
people.
He said that the “Farah” projects are part of
a larger package from USAID, values at $152 million, with the aim to modernize
and rehabilitate water networks in several regions of the Kingdom, including
the governorates of the South, Balqa and other regions. He added that the
implementation period of all “Farah” projects is five years.
Batayneh said that the agreement includes
preparing an assessment plan of the water situation in Maan, and implementing
modern networks to serve the areas of Qasaba, Petra, Shobak, and neighboring
areas
The agreement aims to help reduce water losses
by installing automated systems like SCADA which stands for “supervisory
control and data acquisition”. This system is essentially a distributed
computer system that is used by operations and management for process
monitoring and automation. This
system will save the authority time and effort.
Batayneh said that the project includes replacing
old water meters with smart ones, which will further contribute to reducing
water loss in the networks, whether technical or administrative. The new
systems will allow for rapid response to deal effectively with complaints and
network breakdowns.
He praised the great support provided by the US
through USAID to help the Kingdom in facing challenges in the water network.
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