The Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC) and Engicon Maintenance and Operation Company, an Amman-based global engineering consulting firm, signed on Sunday, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enter into a commercial partnership to supply, develop and operate a phosphate waterwater treatment plant in El-Sheidiyah mines, according to the BOT system.
Under the MoU, signed by the JPMC’s CEO, Abdulwahab Rawad, and Engicon Chairman, Tariq Zureikat, modern and advanced technology will be integrated to treat and reuse phosphate wastewater by Indo-Jordanian Chemical Company for the purposes of industry and agriculture, aimed to improve and preserve the region’s ecosystems.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Rawad said the MoU comes at a time when Jordan is suffering a water shortage, and search for new resources for agricultural purposes, indicating the JPMC’s keenness to use the latest international technology to treat phosphate waterwater.
Nearly 10-12 thousand cubic meters of phosphate waterwater will be treated daily under the MoU, he said, pointing out that 70 percent of the treated water is expected to be reused for agricultural and industrial purposes.
Reusing treated water has an economic return, by providing additional quantities of reusable water, he noted, pointing to the JPMC’s efforts to pay attention to conserve the environment and improve industrial wastewater management and reuse.
In turn, Zureikat said the MoU confirms the response of the main partners in the water sector to work together to find alternative and innovative solutions to fill the short and long term shortage of water resources.
The MoU, he said, is a “positive” step towards a pilot project in Jordan to reuse water on an industrial scale.
Zureikat also lauded JPMC’s efforts and its keenness to adopt the “effective” partnership model between Jordan’s public and private sectors to develop technologies to address environmental challenges.
Source: Jordan News Agency