Project Name: Rehabilitate Damia And Zoor Sha`ash`a Irrigation

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Location: Middle Jordan Valley

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Client: The Jordan Valley Authority (JVA)

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Description of Project: Damia and Zoor Sha'asha'sh are irrigated areas in the Middle Jordan Valley (MJV). Their irrigation networks were constructed in 1977 to irrigate an area of about 5.720 square kilometers. The existing network of about 20 km of asbestos pipes with diameters ranging between 100-400 millimeters and serving 242 farm turnout assemblies contains many malfunctioning and nonoperational mechanical flow meters. The irrigation systems in the targeted areas are supplied with reclaimed water that is released from King Talal Dam, According to JVA records, the average water losses in the target irrigation networks in both areas are estimated to be about 1.4 million cubic meters per year out of the total released amount of 4.8 million cubic meters, which means that the losses percentage is about 29%. The percentage of repairs and maintenance cases are increasing annually in average by about 14%, while the farmers’ complaints due to low service level are increasing annually in average by about 27%. This Project will help JVA to reduce the non-revenue water values of 20%, which will save about 0.9 million cubic meters of water per year. JVA is seeking to construct and lay new irrigation water networks, a where works include the installation of new technologies such as smart metering system. Flowmeters, data loggers, pressure management and control smart valves, to improve monitoring, optimize the management of retail water distribution, increase the distribution efficiency and control water quantities received by customers.

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Services : This project included two different projects, as follows;

• Project 1: Rehabilitate Damia and Zoor Sha’asha’a Irrigation Network

JVA is seeking to construct and lay new irrigation water networks, where works include the installation of new technologies such as smart metering system; flowmeters, data loggers, pressure management and control smart valves, to improve monitoring, optimize the management of retail water distribution, increase the distribution efficiency and control water quantities received by customers. The new irrigation network about 24 km with diameters ranging between 100-500 mm.

• Project 2: Rehabilitate the existing warehouse in Al- Karamah

The warehouse manages its inventory according to the governmental coding system. It was constructed in 1950, thus it needs extensive rehabilitation. There is no firefighting system and the absence of an Anti-theft alarm system. The consultant conducted the following services for the above mentioned projects;

1. Studies and Design Stage for the following two projects

• Data collection and Preliminary Design
• Draft Detailed Design
• Detailed Design
• Tender Documents

Supervise the project execution of the above-mentioned two projects.  

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Funded By: USAID