| Project Detail |
Switzerland will build a decentralised wastewater treatment plant in Azraq. Proven Swiss know-how in wastewater management will be applied to increase the efficiency of the treatment plant and to demonstrate how wastewater can be converted into physical and financial resources. The chosen approach for reducing freshwater consumption in agriculture by replacing it with safely treated waste water, in one of the most water-scarce countries, will be promoted based on the implementation of this flagship project.
Jordan suffers from a critical shortage of water and meeting public demand has become a source of national concern. In most small towns and villages, households are not connected to Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTPs) and sewage flows into leaking septic tanks and then into the ground, polluting groundwater and threatening public health. To meet the ever-increasing demand for water and to reduce environmental and health risks, Sustainable Sanitation Solutions using reclaimed water as a non-conventional water resource for irrigation need to be considered. Jordan’s Ministry of Water and Irrigation is currently developing action plans and policies to optimize the use of unconventional water resources and there is political willingness to develop the reuse of reclaimed water.
Objectives Jordanian authorities and local communities are more resilient to water and sanitation challenges by adopting sustainable sanitation solutions to mitigate the environmental and health risks associated to poor sanitation settings, and protect groundwater by using unconventional water resources. |
