Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 49

7-Dec-2009

Jordan

Disi Water Project Construction Inaugurated

Construction work on the Disi Water Conveyance Project, which will provide 'Amman with 100mn cu ms/year of water, was inaugurated on 2 December in al-Qastal by Jordanian Prime Minister Nader al-Dhahabi and visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul. The estimated $1.2bn project will involve the drilling of 55 underground wells in the Disi Mudawarra aquifer in southern Jordan, as well as the...