As-Samra Wastewater (Expansion)
Wastewater treatment, Not stated for the 2026 expansion in Jordan.
Planned
The record
- Country
- Jordan
- Location
- Zarqa
- Coordinates
- 32.148, 36.171
- Technology
- Wastewater treatment
- Capacity
- Not stated for the 2026 expansion
- Capital cost
- US$28 million
- Stage
- Planned
- Owner or client
- Ministry of Water & Irrigation
- Contractor
- Samra Plant Company (Suez Environnement, Infilco Degremont, Morganti)
- Operator
- Samra Plant Operation and Maintenance Company (Suez affiliates)
- Finance
- US government (2026 expansion)
- Award or start year
- 2026
- Commissioned
- 2008-04 (phase I)
Record last checked 2026-09-20.
History
- 2006-05
Phase I BOT guarantee signed, offtaker Ministry of Water and Irrigation
- 2008-04
Phase I enters commercial operation at 267,000 m3/day
- 2012
Phase II expansion construction starts, US MCC grant
- 2013-06
MIGA board approves US$10 million guarantee for phase II, capacity to 365,000 m3/day
- 2018-12
EBRD and EU announce plan to add 100,000 m3/day at As-Samra
- 2021-11
EBRD loan finances a new Al Ghabawi plant to relieve As-Samra
- 2026-07
US$28 million expansion agreement signed with the operator
Sources
6 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- MIGA project page, As-Samra Wastewater Treatment Expansion. miga.org.
- (phase I 267,000 m3/day, phase II 365,000 m3/day; USAID and MCC grants; 25-year BOT; sponsors Suez Environnement, Infilco Degremont, Morganti).
- Petra, 29 July 2026. petra.gov.jo.
- (US$28 million further expansion agreed with the operating company, backed by the US government; no capacity given).
- EBRD, 29 November 2021. ebrd.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
(EBRD loan finances a separate Al Ghabawi plant to reduce the load on As-Samra). Coordinates corrected on 20 September 2026 to the As-Samra plant polygon in OpenStreetMap, which reverse geocodes to Hashimiya in Zarqa. The row previously carried a point about 7 km west of the plant.