AMMAN —
Minister of Water and Irrigation Mohammad Al-Najjar inaugurated on Saturday the
new Tafileh purification plant, which became operational after expansion and
rehabilitation of its facilities, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
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The minister,
accompanied by USAID Mission Director, Sherry Carlin, had a first-hand look at
the station’s facilities, calling it a “qualitative addition” to the sewage
service in the various areas of Tafileh that also helps improve the local
environment.
He expressed the
government’s appreciation of the support offered by the US government and other
countries to help the Kingdom address the exceptional and emergency
circumstances, especially those posed to the water sector.
Carlin praised the
efforts of water staff in dealing with various challenges, pledging her
country’s continued support of Jordan to find solutions to water problems.
The Tafileh station
was established in 1989 with a daily capacity of 1,600 million cubic meters,
which was raised to 5,000 million cubic meters per day. The plant was
reconstructed, modernized, and upgraded to serve more than 70,000 inhabitants in
most areas of the governorate, 180 kilometers southwest of Amman, until the
year 2035.
Its capacity can be increased in the future to 7,500 million
cubic meters per day to accommodate rising demand, where wastewater is treated
according to highest international standards that increased the quantities of
water used for irrigating restricted crops.
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