AMMAN — The project manager of the
National Water Carrier Project, Jiries Dabbabneh, stated on Tuesday that the carrier is considered the
second-largest water desalination project in the world and will supply drinking
water to all governates in the Kingdom.
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This came during a meeting with the Agriculture and
Water Committee in the Senate to discuss the progress of the
National Water Carrier Project, Al-Mamlaka News reported.
The
National Water Carrier Project consists of its main
elements, including an intake station on the southern shore of the Gulf of
Aqaba, a desalination and pumping station in Aqaba, and a transmission line
approximately 450 kilometers long.
Project details
It provides a sustainable source of
drinking water, up to
300 million cubic meters of water, and bridges the current gap between demand
and availability. It is not linked to any political commitments.
Dababneh said that the project is a "massive national
endeavor, the largest project in Jordan's history, not only in terms of water
but overall.”
He also noted that 85 percent of the land that the pipeline
will cross will be government land, treasury land, and road reserves. And 218
kilometers of the carrier line will run parallel to the Desert Highway and the
Dead Sea pipeline.
The Ministry of Water and Irrigation conducted technical,
financial, environmental, and contractual studies for the project, supported
through grants from the United States Agency for International Development and
the
European Investment Bank.
One of the project's requirements is the use of clean and
environmentally friendly energy to ensure the government's commitment to
reducing emissions and the associated impact on reducing the cost per cubic
meter of produced water.
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