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Owner : Ministry of Water & Irrigation/ Water Authority of Jordan.

Location : Dead See Area Up to Northern Amman.

Commissioning date : (Foreseen) February 2006 (under construction).

Project value : 135 Million US$ (USAID Financed).

Contractor : Joint Venture of M/S The Morganti Group Inc. and M/S

Infilco Degremont Inc.

A- INTRODUCTION

The Ministry of Water and Irrigation/ Water Authority of Jordan of the Hashemite Kingdom of

Jordan, is implementing a project to supply fresh water to the capital city of Amman.

MWH Americas Inc., previously Harza Engineering Company, in association with Consolidated

Consultants, Amman, has been retained to develop conceptual and preliminary designs and

prepare Contract Documents for Design/ Build/ Operate Contracts for several components of the

Project titled “The Wadi Ma'in, Zara and Mujib Water Treatment and Conveyance Project”.

B- PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Wadi Ma'in, Zara and Mujib, Water Treatment and Conveyance Project involves taking

water from Wadi Ma'in, Zara Springs and the Mujib Project, subjecting the combined flows to

treatment, including desalination, and conveying the treated water to the existing National Park

Pump Station Site in southern Amman. From this point, treated water will be distributed to

Amman residents for Municipal, Commercial and Industrial uses. Up to eight million cubic

meters per year of the treated water will be conveyed through a separate pipeline to hotels near

the Dead Sea at a later date.

The project consists of the following major components:

i- The Raw Water Supply System
; which includes the flow interception systems at

the three sites and the conveyance facilities along the northeastern shore of the

Dead Sea, to deliver the water to a raw water reservoir at the desalination plant.

The raw water collection and conveyance facilities are to be designed and

constructed by others under separate contracts. Operation and Maintenance of the

raw water facilities may be included in this contract.

ii- The Water Treatment Plant and the Treated Water Conveyance System

including:

a- A treatment/ desalination plant that may either use reverse osmosis process

or an alternative acceptable process together with pre and post treatment

facilities and intermediate pumping systems as appropriate.

b- A 40 km pipeline from the desalination plant to the National Park Reservoir

site in Amman including cathodic protection and surge control systems.

c- Some five major pumping stations constructed in series along the pipeline

to lift the treated water from the desalination plant to the National Park

Pump Station site in Amman. Each pump station will include a ground

storage reservoir.

d- An additional intermediate reservoir at a high point near Na'ur some 7 km

before the National Park site.

e- A new pump station at the existing National Park Reservoir/ Pump Station

Site

f- An integrated Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system

for all project systems and facilities.

g- A 6-km pipeline to deliver the reject brine/ washout waste from the

treatment plant to the Dead Sea

Power supply to all project facility sites will be implemented by EDCO (Electricity Distribution

Company) and JEPCO (Jordan Electric Power Company).

C- TECO SCOPE OF WORKS:

Under three separate contract agreements, TECO has been contracted for the co-engineering,

design, supply, supervision of installation and the commissioning of the MV and LV

Distribution and Control equipment as follows:

- In the first contract, TECO has been awarded the contract form M/S The Morganti Group

Inc., for the 6.6KV medium voltage distribution and reactor starter type pump starter

panel for the six pumping station (6 line ups with total of 12 6.6KV incomers, 5 MV buscouplers

and 25 MV pump starters), battery chargers and battery back-up systems

(125VDC for the six pumping station) and dry type distribution power transformers

(total of 5 units).

- In the second contract, TECO has been awarded the contract form M/S Infilco

Degremont Inc. for the medium voltage 6.6KV distribution panel, battery charger and

battery back-up system as well as all the low voltage distribution and control panels

related to the process control. The panels include several large rated variable speed

drives and soft-starters in addition to traditional starters.

- In the first contract, TECO has been awarded the contract form M/S The Morganti Group

Inc., for the supply of all the low voltage power distribution and control panels for the

general purposes use.