The Minister of Water and Irrigation, Engineer Raed Abu al-Saud, confirmed that the victory of the water supply system project at Al-Zara-Ma'in Station with the FIDIC International Award for Consulting Engineers (Small to Medium Project in the Water Infrastructure Activities) (BWI) as the first Jordanian project in this category, represents a distinguished national achievement and confirms Jordan's leadership in managing water projects in implementation of the royal directives under the leadership of His Majesty the King and the follow-up of the Crown Prince and the government's commitment to implementing the economic modernization plan and the water sector strategy 2023-2040, and reflects the success of the Jordanian water sector in building a pioneering institutional model for managing water projects according to the best global practices and standards, and confirms the pioneering position that Jordan has come to occupy regionally and internationally in the field of integrated water management.
Abu al-Saud explained, in the presence of the Secretary-General of the Water Authority, Engineer Sufyan al-Bata'ineh, the CEO of Jordan Water Company (Miyahuna) and representatives of the US government and a number of officials, that this achievement is directly in line with the targets of the National Water Strategy 2023-2040, which gave strategic importance to water resources management as one of the main pillars for the sustainability of the water sector, noting that the station is one of the main pioneering stations in the Kingdom for providing water supplies to central regions of the Kingdom with a capacity of about 38 million cubic meters annually and securing reliable supplies for about 1.7 million citizens, especially after replacing the pumps and rehabilitating and developing the station according to the best global specifications and achieving savings in energy and operating costs and enhancing the ability to adapt to the climate.
