Jordan: Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project (AAWDCP) (AIIB-000976)

Regions
  • Middle East and North Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Jordan
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
A
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
National Conveyance Project Company (Meridiam SAS and Suez SA)
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure
  • Water and Sanitation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 250.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 250.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AIIB website

Updated in EWS Nov 4, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Oct 30, 2025

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the AIIB, the objective of the Project is to increase the supply of drinking water throughout the Amman-Aqaba corridor in Jordan.

The Project involves the development, construction, and operation of (i) a seawater desalination plant, (ii) a 438 kilometer (km) underground water conveyance system, (iii) a 281 megawatt (MW) solar power plant, and (iv) associated infrastructure in Jordan. The Project will produce 300 million cubic meters (MCM) of drinking water per year, of which 250 MCM will be conveyed to Amman and 50 MCM to Aqaba.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

As stated by the AIIB, the total Project cost will be funded by equity (15%) and debt (85%), of which the proposed AIIB loan is up to USD250 million. The Sponsors and other financial institutions, such as the Development Finance Corporation, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank, International Finance Corporation, and Proparco, will fund the remaining Project cost.

Private Actors Description
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

As stated by the AIIB, the Sponsors of the Project are Meridiam Sustainable Infrastructure Europe IV SLP (Meridiam) (90%) and Suez International S.A.S. (Suez) (10%) (the Sponsors).

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
Suez SA Investor Water and Sanitation contracts with Meridiam SAS Client Infrastructure

Contact Information
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AIIB Team Leader:

Fanbing Lu - Investment Officer
Email: fanbing.lu@aiib.org

Client - Meridiam SAS:

Omar Khader - Director
Email: AAWDCP@meridiam.org

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can submit an information request for project information at: https://www.aiib.org/en/contact/information-request/index.html

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF AIIB

The AIIB has established the Accountability Mechanism for Project-Affected People (PPM). The PPM provides Òan opportunity for an independent and impartial review of submissions from Project-affected people who believe they have been or are likely to be adversely affected by AIIBÕs failure to implement the ESP in situations when their concerns cannot be addressed satisfactorily through Project level GRMs or AIIB Management processes.Ó Two or more project-affected people can file a complaint. Under the current AIIB policy, when the bank co-finances a project with another development bank, it may apply the other bank's standards. You can refer to the Project Summary Information document to find out which standards apply. You can learn more about the PPM and how to file a complaint at: https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/who-we-are/project-affected-peoples-mechanism/how-we-assist-you/index.html

The complaint submission form can be accessed in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali, Chinese, English, Tagalog, Hindi, Nepali, Russian, Turkish, or Urdu. The submission form can be found at: https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/who-we-are/project-affected-peoples-mechanism/submission/index.html

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