Aqaba–Amman Desalination & Conveyance (AAWDC)
Seawater RO + 438 km conveyance, 300 MCM/yr in Jordan.
Under construction
Landmark Designed to carry desalinated Red Sea water 445 km inland to Amman, at a cost near EUR 4 billion.
The record
- Country
- Jordan
- Location
- Aqaba
- Coordinates
- 29.530, 35.010
- Technology
- Seawater RO + 438 km conveyance
- Capacity
- 300 MCM/yr
- Capital cost
- US$6 billion
- Stage
- Under construction
- Owner or client
- Ministry of Water & Irrigation
- Contractor
- Vinci / SUEZ / Orascom Construction / Arab Contractors / Archirodon
- Operator
- SUEZ (30-year concession with Meridiam)
- Finance
- AIIB / EBRD / US DFC / USAID / EU (named); IFC loan under consideration
- Award or start year
- 2029
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-12.
History
- 2025-01
Thirty-year concession signed on 15 January 2025 with the Meridiam and SUEZ consortium
- 2025-06
AIIB concept review
- 2026-03
AIIB approves US$250 million loan on 25 March 2026, co-financed with EBRD
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.
- SUEZ press release, concession signed 15 Jan 2025. suez.com.
- (851,000 m3/day design, 445 km, about EUR 4 billion, 724 GWh/yr solar).
- AIIB project page: financing approved 25 Mar 2026, US$250 million, co-financed with EBRD, borrower National Conveyance Project Company, 300 MCM/yr, 438 km.
- Financial close not yet confirmed at source.
- National Conveyance Project Company, Environmental and Social Management and Monitoring Plan, Final V2, December 2025, section 3.2, p. 9 (hosted by AIIB). aiib.org.
- 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.
The EPC contractor is a Vinci-led consortium of a Suez and Orascom joint venture (Suez leading) for the desalination plant and a Vinci, Orascom, Arab Contractors and Archirodon joint venture (Vinci leading) for the conveyance system; the renewable energy facility's EPC contractor was still being appointed.