The project aims at improving sustainable integrated management of non-conventional water resources, with emphasis on wastewater treatment and reuse in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia.

In the months April-June 2014 Sustain Water MED finalised the construction of the wastewater treatment plant in Jordan, which was inaugurated at the end of June, and prepared and launched tenders for additional pilot activities in Egypt and Tunisia. Moreover, it developed documents supporting a comprehensive sanitation and flood management strategy in Morocco in support to governmental related undertakings and organized several training courses in Tunisia. The project also organized a regional training course on water quality management and Environment Protection.

Egypt
 
· A consulting mission comprising the preparation of the executive design and tender documents as well as the construction supervision was commissioned to a consulting company in May 2014. The Egyptian pilot project contributes to national efforts to increase the coverage of safe and efficient sanitation in rural areas. To this end, it is demonstrating the overall benefits of a decentralized wastewater collection, treatment and reuse system in Al Gezayra village in the Ismailia Governorate.
 
Jordan

· The Jordanian pilot project inaugurated an on-site wastewater treatment plant at the Public Security Directorate (PSD) nearby Amman on the 22nd of June, 2014. The plant uses the Sequencing Batch Reactor technology (SBR) and has a capacity of 150 cubic meters per day, serving approx. 2,500 persons. The opening ceremony was held under the patronage of His Excellency the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Hazim El-Naser. It was also attended by the EU Ambassador to Jordan, Joanna Wronecka and enjoyed wide media coverage. The treatment plant is the first in the greater Amman area and contributes to national efforts to upscale decentralized wastewater management in rural and semi-urban areas.

Morocco

· The Moroccan pilot project developed two reports outlining a comprehensive sanitation and flood management strategy for the rural community of Ait Idir in the South of Morocco. The strategy includes the installation of eco-sanitation (ECOSAN) technologies that aim at the reuse of sanitary byproducts in agricultural activities. The pilot project in Morocco directly contributes to the implementation of the National Rural Sanitation programme.

Tunisia

· In the period from April to June, the Tunisian pilot activity focused on its comprehensive capacity building programme. In fact, four training courses were conducted covering the following topics:

- Management of wastewater treatment plants

- Regulatory and normative framework of wastewater quality monitoring

- Wastewater sampling

- Operation and maintenance of irrigation systems fed with treated wastewater

The courses were directed at water users associations as well as local authorities from the agricultural, health and environmental sectors. A participants’ satisfaction evaluation revealed that the course content was relevant to participants’ daily work.

The pilot activity in Tunisia aims to improve the performance of the Ouljet el Khodher wastewater treatment plant. To this end, the project will install a slow sand filter for supplementary treatment, a multiple-parameter water quality monitoring machine as well as conduct general construction work. The construction work package was tendered in June, the selection of consultant will be in July and the construction work will be carried out from August to October, 2014.

Regional activities

· A regional training course on water quality management and Environment Protection was conducted from the 12-16 of May in Djerba, Tunisia. The course involved 34 participants representing governmental institutions from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan. The participants used the 5-day course to discuss at length about management tools and institutional aspects pertaining to the topic, most notably the aspects of national and international standards including WHO regulations for wastewater quality analyses and monitoring, safety measures of treated wastewater reuse. The course material can be accessed in Arabic and French on the project’s website:  http://swim-sustain-water.eu/index.php?id=348

· The project’s 8 consortium partners gathered for the 4th Regional Meeting on the 16-17 of June in Rabat, Morocco. During the meeting, they exchanged information on the status of their respective pilot activities, highlighting most notably the finalized construction of an on-site wastewater treatment plant at the new Head Quarters of the Public Security Directorate in Muqablaine (part of Greater Amman), Jordan. With the project coming to a close in May 2015, partners also eagerly discussed sustainability issues and steps to guarantee their activities’ post-project outreach. 

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