AMMAN, Nov. 14 (Petra) – The Jordan-EU Investment Conference 2026, set to convene at the Dead Sea on November 19, will spotlight a comprehensive portfolio of investment opportunities in Jordan’s water sector–spanning non-revenue water reduction, wastewater treatment, energy efficiency, water infrastructure, and desalination–to bolster national water security and sustainable economic growth.
Held under Royal patronage, the forum brings together Jordanian, European, and international officials, investors, business leaders, and financial institutions to deepen bilateral investment partnerships and advance strategic projects toward financing and execution.
The opportunities align with efforts by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ) to expand private sector participation in developing, managing, and operating water facilities, attracting capital and advanced technologies to address water scarcity and enhance operational and financial sustainability.
In non-revenue water reduction, investments target network rehabilitation, distribution upgrades, and smart leak-detection technologies. A flagship initiative is the South and Southeast Amman Non-Revenue Water Reduction Project, which covers upgrading and managing water networks across 17 distribution zones serving approximately 1.4 million residents.
In wastewater treatment, the ministry and WAJ are advancing a $900 million package of projects to construct, expand, and upgrade treatment plants with strong private sector financing and operational involvement. Jordan currently reuses more than 90 percent of its treated wastewater for agricultural irrigation, supporting food security and conserving freshwater resources.
The portfolio also includes energy-efficiency upgrades across water facilities aimed at cutting the sector’s energy bill by at least 30 percent through renewable energy adoption and energy-saving technologies, reducing operating costs.
Further projects involve rehabilitating existing dams, building new reservoirs, and expanding rainwater harvesting to boost storage capacity–highlighted by an industrial rainwater harvesting and reuse initiative across industrial estates in Zarqa, Salt, Tafilah, and Madaba.
Anchoring Jordan’s long-term water security strategy are desalination and conveyance initiatives led by the National Water Carrier Project, designed to supply roughly 300 million cubic meters of desalinated water annually. To support this, the ministry and WAJ are rolling out 11 infrastructure rehabilitation projects to prepare networks and facilities for receiving, transmitting, and distributing desalinated water.
Additionally, the ministry is preparing investment packages to rehabilitate and upgrade Yarmouk Water Company facilities and networks to improve operational efficiency, water supply reliability, and sanitation services across the northern governorates of Irbid, Ajloun, Jerash, and Mafraq.
Collectively, these initiatives aim to attract foreign investment and technical expertise, generate direct and indirect jobs, lower operational costs, and link strategic water projects with European financiers to convert bankable concepts into operational infrastructure.
//Petra// AA
