These have been dismissed by the Jordanian government. More controversially, there are claims that the water is radioactive. The water provided by the scheme meets 30 per cent of Ammans needs and accounts for about 6 per cent of the countrys total consumption.īoth Jordan and Saudi Arabia have accused each other of over-extracting water from the sandstone aquifer.

The project was jointly executed by Turkeys Gama Holding and GE Energy Financial Services of the US under a build-operate-transfer structure, with a 25-year concession. The facilities are existing facilities that have not been expanded or modified to implement the proposed change in points of delivery. No construction is required to implement the proposed delivery. Some 120km of collection pipes, two pumping stations, four tanks and one new reservoir were also required. State Water Project long-term water supply contract includes provisions for conveyance of non-project water to SWP contractors. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance for the inspection, monitoring, and evaluation of the safety of water conveyance structures at hydropower projects. Fifty-five wells were dug into the aquifer. The staff of the Office of Energy Projects (OEP) have finalized the new Chapter 12 Water Conveyance of its Engineering Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects.

The conveyor pumps 100 million cubic metres of water a year 325 kilometres from an aquifer that Jordan shares with Saudi Arabia to reservoirs near Amman.Ĭonstruction on the scheme began in 2009 and was completed in 2013. Jordan is among the most water-stressed countries in the world. The Disi water conveyance project is as controversial as it is important.

Water conveyance