AMMAN — Jordan and Germany on Tuesday signed a loan
and grant package worth 89 million euros to support the Kingdom’s water and
waste management systems.
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The agreement was signed with the German Development Bank
(
KfW), and it includes two loan agreements worth 74 million euros, a 14 million
euro grant, and 1 million euros as an “accompanying measure”.
The money will be used to fund projects in Amman, Madaba,
and the Jordan Valley, according to a statement from KfW.
The first loan agreement, worth 24 million euros, will
support the “Adaptation to Climate Change Phase III” project; the second loan
agreement, totaling 50 million euros, will support the “Water Resources Management
Program;” and the grant, worth some 14 million euros, will target the
investment program “Employment-creating integrated municipal solid waste
management,” investment program.
Nicolas von Kalm, acting head of cooperation at the German
Embassy in Amman, who attended the signing stated that the water management
program is now entering its seventh phase and is a key pillar of the German
support.
The statement added that the program aims to improve water
supply for 200,000 people in Madaba Governorate and 100,000 people in south Amman.
The money will support work to extend and maintain Madaba’s
water supply system. It will also help fund the construction of a
ground-and-surface water treatment plant near Hidan wellfield and Wala Dam.
Additionally, the program aims to supply clean water to
around 100,000 people in the northern governorates using Aqeb wellfields,
according to the statement.
The 24 million euro loan will support farmers in the Jordan
Valley through the adaption to climate change project.
It ties into a greater joint effort of several donor
institutions to improve water supply for farming communities and to save
Jordan’s scarce water resources, the statement said.
The project will finance the rehabilitation of old and worn
irrigation infrastructure in the Jordan Valley in order to increase the
efficiency of the network and reduce water losses.
Once all 3 phases of the climate change adaptation program
have been completed, approximately 80 percent of the irrigation infrastructure
in the Jordan valley will have been rehabilitated with financing from the
German government and the European Union.
Lastly the grant will support waste management in Amman by funding
a mechanical-biological waste treatment plant adjacent to Al-Ghabawi landfill.
The plant turn biological waste into compost or mixed waste
into refuse-derived fuel. The inhabitants of the greater Amman area will also
benefit from improved and sustainable waste disposal, according to the
statement.
As part of an accompanying measure, training in waste
treatment will also be offered and GAM will be supported in marketing the
processed products, the statement concluded.
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