Background
The Northern Governorates of Jordan including Irbid, Jerash and Ajloun with
a population of currently about 1 million inhabitants suffered from the
increase in demand for water due to improved living standards, population
growth and industrial expansion that is rapidly approaching the limit of
natural resources, WAJ finding it increasingly difficult and expensive to
enlarge their resources of supply, so that the incentive to conserve the
existing supply is greater than ever.
Jerash Governorate abstracts water from existing wells and in addition
receives water from Irbid and Mafraq Governorates; Ajloun abstracts water
from local wells and springs and also receives water from Irbid. Irbid
receives water from Mafraq, Wadi Al-Arab in addition to the local wells and
springs; even though, they all suffer from shortage in water which exceed
30% of the resources. Therefore, WAJ wants to do everything possible to
conserve the available limited supply and put off the expenses of developing
new sources or overexploiting the existing ones.
As a result of Husban, Corridor and Al-Lajoun projects which transfer water
to Amman Governorate, there will be available water so that the share and
quantity of water for the Northern Governorates can be raised and healthy
environment can be achieved by rearrangement of the main water supply system
by eliminating water coming to Amman Governorate from the northern resources
such as Aqeb wells through Za'atari Pump Station and using this water in
supplying the Northern Governorates.
In order to achieve the above-mentioned rearrangement and to transfer about
17.5 million cubic meter per year from Za'atari Pump Station to the Northern
Governorates, there will be a need to install the following pipes:
800 mm ND about 18Km
600 mm ND about 9Km
400 mm ND about 35Km
And to build a new pump station at Um Lulu instead of the existing one to
be able to pump the extra amount of water to Irbid and Jerash and to expand
and upgrade Za'atari Pump Station.
The required modifications and rearrangements will cost about JD 15.0
million, which is equivalent to US$20 million |
