Reuse of Treated Wastewater for Irrigation Purposes in the Northern Jordan Valley with simultaneous consideration of the available hydropower potential
Location
Northern Jordan Valley, Jordan
project period
2011 to 2013
client
KfW Bankengruppe
Services provided
Consultancy
Partner organisation
AHT Group AG
The treated wastewater of two rehabilitated Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP) and of a newly constructed WWTP in the region of Central Irbid shall be used for the irrigation of agricultural land in the Jordan Valley. As part of the project, the utilisation of the available hydropower potential of the treated wastewater was analysed, a Small Hydropower Plant was designed and its implementation was tendered.
Services provided by Skat: Assessment of the available hydropower potential, preparation of feasibility study, design report and tender documents for the small hydropower plant; evaluation of the tender docs
Objective: Re-utilisation of treated wastewater for irrigation of agricultural land in the Jordan Valley and simultaneous utilisation of the hydropower potential of this treated wastewater in a small power plant as a showcase for resource optimisation.
Activities: discussion of the general concept of reuse alternatives in a workshop, conceptual planning and preliminary design of the hydroelectric facilities, examination of technical and economic feasibility, workshop to present results; finalisation of feasibility study, detailed design, cost estimates and tender documents including BoQ, tender evaluation and review of contractors final design.
Results: The exploitation of the hydropower potential in an irrigation system with treated waste water is demonstrated as a showcase for the optimisation of water and energy resources (and nutrients).