Jordan: As-Samra Wastewater Plant Expansion
This series showcases how the World Bank Group supports the development and implementation of public-private partnerships. This support comes in the form of public sector loans, private sector finance, sector and transaction advice, guarantees, and output-based aid.
In 2006, the Government of Jordan awarded a 25 year build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract to Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant Company (WWTP). It is the first BOT and public-private partnership in the country. The project directly addresses Jordan’s capacity to address its severe water deficit of about 450 cubic meters annually and thus, its growth capacity. When completed the As-Samra wastewater treatment plant will be the largest facility of its kind in the country.
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) has supported two phases of the project by providing equity investment guarantees to the project financiers. The first phase ran from 2006 to 2015 and the expansion phase of the project now seeks to meet local demand post 2015.
