Owner : Water Authority of Jordan

Location : Kafrein ( Dead Sea road 15Km to Dead Sea)

Commissioning date : 2001

Project Value : 3 Million JD (USAID & WAJ Co-Financed)

Project Description:

The Main aim is to supply fresh water to several hotels along the Eastern shore of the Dead Sea and nearby villages of Suweimeh, AL-Ramah and Jofa, from a number of Artesian wells in Kafrein Village.

Scope of Work and Equipment Supplied:

( Instrumentation System Supplier ) as defined in the project documents in addition to the manufacturing and the supply of the electrical switchgear and control gear panels including: the design, assembly, testing, installation, commissioning and operation staff training for the following:

- 3 Autotransformer reduced voltage starters of different rating for well pumps.

- 1 Compartmentalized and Withdrawable Motor Control Center (MCC) in the water treatment plant.

- 1 Master PLC unit located in the water treatment plant with hot redundant configuration and industrial Ethernet connectivity for data transfer 10/100 Mbits/Second, with redundant fiber optic modem for connection with other sites.

- 5 Remot Telemetric Units ( RTU's ), to control and monitor the far located sites and wells.

- 4 Filter Control Consoles to Control, Monitor and Data Transfer, the operation and backwashing of the sand filter located in the water treatment plant with the redundant fiber optic cable architecture connected to the hot redundant master station.

- SCADA System with 4 process Computers, located in the water treatment plant for the operator control, monitor, data logging and alarm handling of the complete project.