USAID, water ministry inaugurate expansion of North Aqaba Wastewater Treatment Plant

USAID, water ministry inaugurate expansion of North Aqaba Wastewater Treatment Plant

AMMAN — Minister of Water and Irrigation Mohammad Al Najjar, Aqaba Water Company General Manager Khaled Obaidyn, and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Sherry F. Carlin on Saturday inaugurated the Expansion of North Aqaba Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Several government representatives, donors and stakeholders from the Aqaba Governorate attended the inauguration, according to a USAID statement.

Through this expansion, Aqaba Water Company, with support from USAID and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), constructed new facilities to increase the treatment capacity of the plant from 12,000 to almost 40,000 cubic metres per day.