North Jordan NRW Reduction
Non-revenue water reduction in Jordan.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Jordan
- Location
- Irbid
- Coordinates
- 32.550, 35.850
- Technology
- Non-revenue water reduction
- Capacity
- —
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Yarmouk Water Company; contract signed by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation with the Water Authority of Jordan
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- Veolia
- Finance
- United States government support; contract value not disclosed
- Award or start year
- 2026
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2026-02
Management contract signed on 16 February 2026 appointing Veolia to run Yarmouk Water Company for four years, renewable for two
- 2026-04
Implementation begins across Irbid, Ajloun, Jerash and Mafraq
Sources
4 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Petra (Jordan News Agency), Ministry signs four-year contract appointing Veolia to run Yarmouk Water Company (16 February 2026). petra.gov.jo.
- Four-year management contract renewable for two more, covering Irbid, Ajloun, Jerash and Mafraq, implementation from early April 2026, targets named by the minister include reducing non-revenue water and lowering energy costs, supported by the United States government, contract value not disclosed.
- Veolia, Veolia strengthens water security in northern Jordan (17 February 2026). near-middle-east.veolia.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.
Operation, maintenance and management of water and wastewater infrastructure across about 30,000 km2 for roughly 3 million people. The register's earlier attribution to EBRD did not hold: EBRD lending in northern Jordan is for wastewater treatment, not non-revenue water, at Shallala (project 56399) and West Irbid (project 54056).