He pointed out that the protection of water resources is not limited to policy and diplomacy, stressing that what policy protects must be secured by engineering, which expands the responsibility of the engineer from designing facilities and networks to building a water system capable of withstanding risks, crises, and climate change.
He explained that achieving this requires diversifying water sources, enhancing desalination, transport, and storage capabilities, and increasing the reliability of distribution networks, along with managing water facilities according to the life cycle concept, including preventive maintenance, risk management, digitalization, and efficiency improvement.
Ghosheh addressed the importance of the National Water Carrier project as part of the strategic water infrastructure in the Kingdom, stressing the need to look at such projects as long-term national assets that require sustainable management, not projects that end their mission as soon as they are completed and put into operation.
He also emphasized that securing additional water sources must be accompanied by the protection of available resources, through reducing loss, managing pressure, detecting leaks, improving pumping efficiency, and expanding the use of smart meters and treated water.
The Engineers Syndicate pointed to the growing role of technology in water management, explaining that artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, remote sensing, and data analysis allow for the transition from dealing with breakdowns after they occur to predicting and managing them proactively, stressing that 'what we do not measure accurately, it is difficult to manage efficiently'.
He also pointed to the close link between water and energy, especially since desalination, pumping, transport, and treatment processes require large amounts of energy, which makes energy efficiency and the expansion of renewable energy sources part of the national capacity to secure water sustainably.
Ghosheh affirmed that the next phase requires working on two parallel tracks: securing Jordan's water needs in the present and building its ability to secure its water in the future, stressing that this is a national responsibility that integrates water diplomacy, planning, investment, engineering, technology, source protection, and demand management.
He concluded by affirming that the role of the Engineers Syndicate should not be limited to implementing projects, but that engineering should be a partner in shaping the national water security system, saying that the phase requires the transition from facility engineering to system engineering, from project management to asset management, and from problem-solving to risk anticipation.
He believed that the deeper meaning of the royal message is that water, in a country facing accumulated geographical, climatic, and water challenges, is not just a service, but a national asset whose security is linked to the security and future of the state.
