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Launch a PPP program for Water Companies in Jordan
A free 17-page guide · The $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunity
What this guide is for
Your company launches a PPP program to develop desalination, wastewater treatment and reuse, non-revenue water and network projects as public-private partnerships (PPPs) and to run them on performance contracts.
The case
Water companies keep a dry country running
Every city, farm, factory and data center of the next fifty years will need water, and in a dry region much of it will come from desalination, reuse and networks that lose far less than they do today. Water companies that build a PPP program now will produce, treat and deliver that water under long-term contracts. This guide invites water companies in Jordan to launch that program, starting with the projects at home.
The guide
Bring water to the $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunity
Your company launches a dedicated PPP program, a team and a set of offers that develop desalination, wastewater, reuse and network projects as PPPs and supply water to the cities, farms and industries around them, starting with Jordan’s $86 billion of projects and the $46 billion anchored in Aqaba.
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A PPP water team
A dedicated team that knows how PPPs are prepared, procured and financed follows every water, wastewater, energy, agriculture and industrial project in the pipeline from the first market sounding and joins consortiums early, while sponsors are still choosing their partners.
02
Desalination and conveyance
Much of Jordan’s new water will come from desalination and the lines that carry it inland. The company develops desalination plants, pumping stations and conveyance lines as PPPs and pairs each one with the power it needs, so the water is bid at a known cost.
03
Wastewater treatment and reuse
Wastewater treated to a high standard can return as water for farms, industry and landscaping. The company builds, upgrades and operates treatment plants as PPPs and sells the treated water to the users around them.
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Non-revenue water and networks
The country still loses about 41% of its water before it reaches a customer. The company takes on performance-based contracts to find leaks, manage pressure, replace pipes and install smart meters, and earns its fee from the water it recovers.
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Small-scale PPPs and direct proposals
Jordan’s PPP Regulation No. 9 of 2024 defines small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million, which can be bundled into one feasibility report and one tender, and PPP Law No. 19 of 2023 accepts direct private proposals under Article 15. Your company can propose leak reduction in one district, greywater reuse in public buildings or solar for a pumping station and bundle them into one tender.
Why water companies
Water companies keep a dry country running
Jordan is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world, and every city, farm and factory depends on water that is pumped, treated and delivered across the country. Water companies already build and run plants and networks under long-term contracts with government, which is the model every PPP follows.
Where water companies fit in a PPP
- Desalination
- Desalination plants and the pumping and conveyance lines that carry their water inland, financed, built and run under long-term purchase agreements.
- Wastewater
- Treatment plants built, upgraded and operated under concession, with the treated water sold for farming and industry.
- Networks
- Pipe rehabilitation, pressure management and leak reduction under performance-based contracts paid for the water recovered.
- Metering
- Smart meters, billing systems and customer service that let the utility collect for every liter it delivers.
- Supply to projects
- Dedicated water for industrial zones, data centers, power plants and green hydrogen projects inside other PPPs.
What changes for water companies
AI, robotics and tokenization change how water is produced, moved and paid for. AI forecasts demand and finds leaks from live data, which raises the value of every liter a plant produces. Robots inspect pipes and plants across their whole life at lower cost, and tokenized stakes let regional investors own part of a plant and receive their share of its tariffs as they arrive.
Why a program, and why now
A water company that waits for the next tender competes on price for one plant or one contract at a time. A program lets your company bring leak reduction, reuse and network projects to government as its own proposals and join energy, agriculture and industrial consortiums as their water partner. Jordan’s pipeline is large and early, and the companies that join those consortiums now will supply their water for decades.
Futureproofing
Futureproof Water Companies in Jordan for the infrastructure singularity
This free 17-page guide shows how, with small PPPs in parallel, PPP research labs, artificial intelligence, robotics, tokenization and six first steps.
Jordan and Aqaba
An $86 billion pipeline to start with
The water projects among them will need companies to build and run them for decades, and the industrial, energy and farming projects will need a steady supply. A Jordanian water company that cuts losses or treats water for one project at home can carry the same model to the next one across the region.
- $86B
- of PPP and infrastructure projects in development in Jordan
- $46B
- of them anchored in Aqaba
Artificial intelligence
AI lets a water company run its network on data. Models forecast demand, balance pressure, flag leaks and bursts from meter and sensor readings and schedule pumping when power costs least, so the network loses less water and uses less energy. A small team can also read a concession contract and test a financial model in days, which lowers the cost of every bid.
Robotics
Robotics lets a water company see inside a network buried under its streets. Robots travel inside pipes to find leaks and weak sections, acoustic sensors listen for bursts, drones survey canals, reservoirs and pipelines, and automated systems clean membranes and screens at treatment plants, so a small team can run a large network and meet its performance targets.
Tokenization
A desalination or treatment plant with a long-term purchase agreement earns contracted, measurable revenue, which suits tokenization. A water company can tokenize stakes in the plants and networks it runs, pay holders from water tariffs and availability payments as they arrive and publish each asset’s output and losses to the same registry, so investors see what the asset delivers.
Small PPPs and research labs
Small PPPs suit water well, because leak reduction in one district, greywater reuse in a public building or solar for a pumping station can be built quickly and measured in liters from the first day. A water company can run lab pilots across many sites at once, test new sensors, robots and treatment methods on live assets and carry the best results into its large bids.
Unsolicited proposals
A water company can see where a network loses water, where a pump uses too much power or where treated water goes unused. A direct proposal lets it turn that knowledge into a project of its own design, such as leak reduction in one district or reuse for an industrial estate, and keep the right to match the best offer if the project goes to tender.
The program
How the program could work
The program can sit inside the company’s development and operations teams, with a PPP lead at its center and the plants, engineers and contracts the company already has behind it.
- PPP team
- A small team of engineering, operations, finance and legal people that covers every PPP in Jordan’s pipeline from the first market sounding.
- Supply
- Desalination, pumping and conveyance projects developed as PPPs, with power sized into each bid.
- Wastewater and reuse
- Treatment plants built, upgraded and operated under concession, and treated water sold to farms and industry.
- Networks
- Performance-based contracts for leak reduction, pressure management, pipe replacement and smart metering.
- Direct proposals
- Water projects brought to government under Article 15, including small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million.
- Technology
- Sensors, smart meters, pipe robots and network digital twins deployed as standard on every asset.
- Partners
- Standing agreements with energy developers, contractors, operators, banks and infrastructure funds that complete each consortium.
What the company gains
The company gains long-term contracts with government, utilities and industrial customers, revenue tied to the water it delivers and equity in the plants and networks it runs. Each project becomes a reference for lenders and a route into the next consortium, in Jordan and across the region.
It also gains a position in the water system a dry region will need. The first water company in the region to pair desalination, reuse and AI-run networks inside PPPs will set the terms that later projects are priced against.
Next steps
How a water company can start
Any water company in Jordan can take this guide forward. The first steps use the plants, engineers and contracts the company already has.
01
Mandate
Board approval for a PPP water program, with its technologies, the equity it can commit and its first-year goals.
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Team
A named program lead, with engineering, operations, finance and legal people drawn from the company’s existing teams.
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Pipeline
A map of Jordan’s $86 billion of projects by sector and stage, and early meetings with the contracting authorities and utilities whose projects will need water.
04
Offers
Supply, reuse and loss-reduction offers packaged for utilities, farms and industrial PPPs and priced for whole-life contracts.
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Partners
Energy developers, contractors, lenders, infrastructure funds and technology companies to complete each consortium.
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Pilot
A first leak-reduction, reuse or pumping project as a small-scale PPP or direct proposal, taken from idea to submission.
Jordan has the projects, a need for every liter, the Red Sea at Aqaba and a law that lets a company propose its own. A PPP program puts your company’s water inside the assets of the superintelligent infrastructure future from their first day of operation.
The full document
Inside this guide
Seventeen pages and thirteen sections, from the case for a PPP program to the first steps, written for water companies in Jordan.
Download the guide (PDF)
- 01IntroductionWhy a century of infrastructure needs rebuilding, and the $500 trillion it will take.p. 3
- 02The guideBring water to the $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunityp. 5
- 03Jordan and AqabaAn $86 billion pipeline to start withp. 6
- 04Artificial intelligenceHow AI designs, structures and runs PPP projects, and what it means for water companies.p. 7
- 05RoboticsHow robots build infrastructure and keep it running, and what that means for water companies.p. 8
- 06TokenizationHow tokenization funds projects from their own revenue, and the role it opens for water companies.p. 9
- 07Small PPPs in parallelWhy many small PPPs teach a country faster than a few large ones.p. 10
- 08PPP research labsA lab in each sector, running ten small PPP projects a year.p. 11
- 09Unsolicited proposalsHow Jordan’s PPP law accepts direct proposals from private companies.p. 12
- 10Why water companiesWater companies keep a dry country runningp. 13
- 11The programThe program can sit inside the company’s development and operations teams, with a PPP lead at its center and the plants, engineers and contracts the company already has behind it.p. 14
- 12AboutAbout Jordan PPP and what it offers.p. 15
- 13Next stepsHow a water company can start: six first steps.p. 16
Questions
Questions about the guide for Water Companies in Jordan
- What does the guide for Water Companies in Jordan propose?
- Your company launches a PPP program to develop desalination, wastewater treatment and reuse, non-revenue water and network projects as public-private partnerships (PPPs) and to run them on performance contracts.
- Why should water companies in Jordan launch a PPP program?
- Water companies keep a dry country running. Jordan is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world, and every city, farm and factory depends on water that is pumped, treated and delivered across the country. Water companies already build and run plants and networks under long-term contracts with government, which is the model every PPP follows.
- Which PPP projects can water companies in Jordan take part in?
- Jordan has about $86 billion of PPP and infrastructure projects in development, $46 billion of them anchored in Aqaba. The water projects among them will need companies to build and run them for decades, and the industrial, energy and farming projects will need a steady supply. A Jordanian water company that cuts losses or treats water for one project at home can carry the same model to the next one across the region.
- How can water companies in Jordan start a PPP program?
- Any water company in Jordan can take this guide forward. The first steps use the plants, engineers and contracts the company already has. The guide sets out six first steps: mandate, team, pipeline, offers, partners and pilot.
- What does a PPP program give water companies in Jordan?
- The company gains long-term contracts with government, utilities and industrial customers, revenue tied to the water it delivers and equity in the plants and networks it runs. Each project becomes a reference for lenders and a route into the next consortium, in Jordan and across the region.
- Is the guide for Water Companies in Jordan free?
- Yes. It is free to read on this page and free to download as a 17-page PDF, with the case for a PPP program, Jordan’s pipeline, the role of AI, robotics and tokenization, the program and six first steps.
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