Jordan rejigs desalination plans at Aqaba
- From: Vol 10, Issue 10 (October 2009)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country: Jordan
- Related Companies: Aqaba Water Company , Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation and World Bank
The feasibility of large-scale desalination in Jordan could at last be put to the test. The government is already canvassing appetite among multilateral lenders.
Jordan’s Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) is approaching multilateral lenders about the financing of the first phase of the Jordan National Red Sea Water Development Project (JRSP).
The scheme would involve the desalination of seawater at the Red Sea port of Aqaba in the far south of Jordan, followed by transmission to Aqaba and Amman, as well as ...
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