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Projects and Loans in the Middle East & North Africa
>> Summary >> MDB Assistance Proposals >> the Middle East & North Africa
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27. Iran: IBRD—Water Supply/Sanitation
PROJECT DATA
Tehran Sewerage (Ln. 4551-IRN): Approved by the executive directors on 18 May 2000. Environmental assessment category A. PID: IRPE69946. US$145 million (IBRD). Consulting services will include technical assistance, training and consulting services for institutional development, tariff study and project management, engineering design, and construction supervision, updating of the wastewater development program, and feasibility study and engineering design for phase two investments. Tehran Sewerage Company, 14 Andisheh St. Shanned Dr. NBeheshti Ave., Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran 15686. Tel: (89-21) 840-1310, fax: (98-21) 840-9194, e-mail: tsc@tavana.net.
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
The project will support phase I of a development program that includes the extension of wastewater collection and disposal facilities for Greater Tehran. This phase consists of interceptors and laterals, two trunk mains and wastewater treatment works. Areas to be covered by a wastewater collection system are 16,500 hectares for a population coverage of 2.1 million. The project will also include operations and maintenance equipment.
USAID'S COMMENTS
The U.S. executive directors voted against this project reflecting concern expressed by Congress over state-sponsored terrorism. USAID also noted the potential risk to people if proper design and operation were not followed in the plan to use treated sewage for fertilizer, especially for cereal grains. This continues to be a difficult approach, even in industrial countries, when chemicals or insufficiently treated sewage remain in the sludge. Ensuring that runoff and industrial waste will not find their way into food crop fertilizer is essential.
28-a. Jordan: IBRD—Disi Amman Conveyor Project
PROJECT DATA
Project preparation is under way. Environmental assessment category A. PID: JOGU51749. US$100 million (IBRD partial risk guarantee). Consulting services to be determined. Water Authority of Jordan, PO Box 2412-5012, Amman, Jordan. Tel: (962-2) 680-100, fax: (962-2) 679-143. Contact: Dr. Hazim El-Naser.
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
August 2000 Summary: The development objective of the operation is to provide an adequate and reliable supply of bulk water to meet the needs of municipal and industrial consumers in greater Amman. The project will be implemented and managed by a private sector concessionaire, with costs recovered from consumers, and within the context of a strengthened national water resources management capability.
An EA has been prepared by consultants to the government of Jordan as part of the feasibility study and is the subject of bank review. Because of the high cost of the project, the bank is giving priority support to a project to improve the efficiency of water management in Amman. The nonrenewable nature of the Disi aquifer will be taken into account during the economic appraisal of the project according to established bank practices. World Bank staff agrees with USAID's other comments and appropriate provision will be made in project design.
USAID'S COMMENTS
The project is intended to pump groundwater from the Disi aquifer that is non-rechargeable. The feasibility study conducted on the Disi aquifer shows that it could sustain a water supply of 50 million cubic meters per year for 100 years. The environmental issues facing this project are the long-term sustainability of the project, soil erosion and cultural heritage.
28-b. Jordan: IBRD—Samra First Private Power
PROJECT DATA
The evaluation of proposals for the selection of the private project sponsors is completed. Environmental assessment category A. US$50 million (IBRD partial risk guarantee). Consultants have been selected. Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, P.O. Box 140027, Amman, Jordan. Fax: (962-6) 582-1398, Contact: Eng. Ahmad Bashir, Secretary General, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. Projected IBRD Funding: $50 million. Projected Total Cost: $200-250 million. Stage: The request for proposals for selection of private project sponsors has been released. World Bank EA category A. Project I.D.: JOPA55678. Project first entered: February 1999. Entry updated: August 2000. Task Manager: Ms. Zoubeida Ladhibi-Belk (458-0020).
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
August 2000 summary: Construction of a 450 MW, dual-fired (diesel oil and natural gas) combined-cycle power plant to be located near Amman and developed by a private special purpose company on a build, own and operate basis. It will a) support the government's new initiative for private power generation and its efforts to tap new sources of private capital for the power sector; b) add new power generating capacity at competitive prices while improving the efficiency and reliability of the power supply; and c) strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources to prepare future private projects and put into effect key policies for the sustainable development of the energy sector.
USAID'S COMMENTS
The Agency is working to mitigate the environmental impact on the people residing around As-Samra. At present the residents of As-Samra as well as residents of other nearby communities suffer from the impact of a refinery, an existing thermal power station, plus the As-Samra stabilization ponds. The GOJ is planning to build a mechanical wastewater system to replace the As-Samra ponds, and thereby reduce the environmental impact on the people of those areas.
This power project is planned near As-Samra for several reasons including using the effluent coming out from the As-Samra wastewater treatment plant to cool the power plant towers. In addition to its environmental effect on the communities, the effect of warming the effluent should be examined and discussed in details. Warming the treatment plant effluent will have its effect on using it in irrigation and it may affect the water reservoir of King Talal Dam.
In Aqaba, the National Electric Power Company is expanding the capacity of its existing thermal power station, which uses heavy fuel oil, from 260 MW to double this capacity. The present expansion will meet Jordan demand through 2005-10. The plant in Aqaba uses seawater as a cooling source.
Status: World Bank staff responded that
- The expansion for Aqaba power station is being completed and has been taken into consideration when doing the demand forecast to investigate the timing of the proposed Samra power project. Based on the current estimate Samra will be needed as early as 2002/2003;
- The site for Samra was selected for two reasons: one, as indicated in USAID's message, that is the use of the waste water from the treatment plant; the second is the close proximity to the load center is Amman;
- The project is classified as category A for environmental assessment. The environmental aspects of the project will be carried out in accordance with the Bank's directives and guidelines. The issues USAID raised will be investigated when the selected sponsors will be preparing the environmental assessment. (World Bank e-mail, 5 May 1999)
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