AMMAN WATER CORPORATIZATION PROJECT

The main objective of the project was to recommend and implement the most suitable option for the operation and maintenance of water and sanitation services in Greater Amman, which included approximately 40% of the country’s population. In the first phase of the project, SEGURA: 

• Evaluated the existing water and sanitation management models in the country, namely an international management contract for the City of Amman by LEMA (a consortium of European and US firms) and the recently corporatized Aqaba Water Company (AWC), 

• Analyzed options based on international experience and best practices, and

• Presented a unique viable model, tailored for the specific situation.

Having received approval of the recommended model,  SEGURA completed the second phase of the project, a  detailed feasibility study for the implementation of the recommended option. Based on the results of the feasibility study, SEGURA provided the necessary technical assistance to MWI during Amman Water Company’s  transition to the new model. 

At the request of the MWI and the Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ), USAID/Jordan extended the Task Order contract on two occasions to include additional support for the following initiatives: development of Amman Water Company’s  first 5-year business plan and a medium-term financing plan; outsourcing of a Non-Revenue Water (NRW) management program; a study proposing a revised methodology for water tariff policy formulation and support in the implementation of the new system; organization and implementation of three study tours to visit relevant locations of water and sanitation management models (in the US, Colombia, and Spain); and the preparation of a monograph or case study documenting the Jordan corporatization reform process. 

SEGURA, supported by the Jordan-based consulting firm Interdisciplinary Research Consultants (IdRC) and law firm Khalifeh & Partners, worked closely with the WAJ and the management staff of Miyahuna, the newly created “corporatized” water company.

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Client:
USAID/Jordan

Years:
2005-2009

Location: 
Jordan

Technical Areas:
Infrastructure & Environment