Several Amman neighbourhoods to witness delays in water supply — Miyahuna

AMMAN — The Disi Water Conveyance Project will suspend pumping water on Wednesday due to regular maintenance work on its facilities, according to the Jordan Water Company (Miyahuna).

The temporary halt in pumping is expected to cause delays in the capital’s water distribution programme, a Miyahuna official said.

Households that receive water on Wednesday are “likely” to witness delays in water supply due to the maintenance work, the official told The Jordan Times on condition of anonymity.

“The maintenance work is expected to take eight hours; therefore, pumping from the Disi project to Amman will be halted temporarily on Wednesday,” he noted.

Water supply to households will continue as per the capital’s water distribution programme once the Disi project resumes pumping to Amman, the official explained.

Households in Jabal Hussein, Jabal Qusour in east Amman, and the Muqablain neighbourhood in west Amman will witness delays in the water distribution programme. 

The Amman neighbourhoods of Dahyet Al Amir Rashed, Um Al Shajarat, Jubeiha, Um Al Summaq, Sweileh, Shafa Badran and Kamaliyeh will also be affected.

Under the water distribution programme, households receive water once during a certain period, usually a week, on a rotating basis.
Scarce water resources compelled the Kingdom to initiate the programme in the early 1980s to conserve limited resources whilst ensuring a sustainable supply of water.

Carried out on a build-operate-transfer basis, the Disi project entailed the construction of a 325-kilometre pipeline to convey 100 million cubic metres annually from the ancient Disi aquifer in southern Jordan to the capital.
The project started pumping water to Amman last year via pipeline which passes through several water stations in Maan, Tafileh, Karak and Madaba.