Miyahuna announces new water distribution programme

AMMAN — The Jordan Water Company (Miyahuna) has announced a new water distribution programme for its 780,000 subscribers in Amman, Zarqa and Mabada, company officials said on Saturday.

The water distribution programme has been slightly amended, Miyahuna Operations Director Ghazi Khalil told The Jordan Times.

“The pumping hours and days in some neighbourhoods, especially in the capital, were changed. In certain areas, the number of hours and days for pumping water to households has been increased, while others were reduced,” Khalil said.

Under the water distribution programme, households receive water once a week on a rotating basis.

Scarce water resources compelled the Kingdom to initiate the programme in the early 1980s to ensure a sustainable water supply to subscribers.

Saif Ibrahim, a resident of the capital’s Tlaa Al Ali neighbourhood, welcomed the water distribution schedule.

“It is good news that Miyahuna has changed the programme, as the building I live in will now receive water on two days instead of less than 20 hours,” Ibrahim told The Jordan Times.

A Miyahuna official, who preferred to remain unnamed, said the new programme not only seeks to inform subscribers about their turn for water, but also takes into consideration the number of subscribers and the topography of each area. 

“It is essential for our subscribers to know the exact day... and for how many hours they will receive water, particularly since the company has started supplying water and wastewater services to Zarqa and Madaba,” the official told The Jordan Times.

In October 2013, Miyahuna took over the water and wastewater services of Madaba Governorate, where it has 30,000 subscribers.

Madaba, 30km southwest of Amman, receives its water mainly from the Waleh and Heidan wells.

The company started supplying water and wastewater services to 150,000 subscribers in Zarqa this January, according to the official.

He said the governorate’s water supply is 36 hours per week and 70 per cent of the subscribers are linked to the sewage network.

In Amman, the company supplies 600,000 subscribers with water and wastewater services, and 80 per cent of them are linked to the sewage network, he added.