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Conceived by the ministry of environment and the U.S Agency for international development (USAID), THE GREATER Amman" environment street " project was developed by the greater Amman municipality (GAN) as an innovative model to urban landscaping in Jordan . The project incorporates alternative water resources ( reclaimed water ) for irrigation with a low water use landscaping design to create a more efficient landscape feature which preserves precious freshwater resources for higher value uses .
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Located at the jubiha –yajoz and jubiha –abu nusair interchanges of the recently completed Jordan Street the environment street project has been completed through partnership and contribution and irrigation system design, procurement and installation through the reuse for industry, agriculture and landscaping (RIAL) project. GAM provided the land resources, land preparation and operational commitment .The water authority of Jordan (WAJ) is providing the reclaimed water resources from the abu nusair wastewater treatment plan and the ministry of environment has provided overall support to the projects environmental assessment.
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The environment street project covers 75 dunums of land at the jubiha-yajoz (50 dunums) and jubihw – abu nusair (25 dunums) intersections. Reclaimed water resources are used to irrigate the plants at this site preserving 50 to 100 m3 per day of freshwater for potable use or other municipal freshwater demands. Within three to five years. The landscaping plants will no longer require irrigation , freeing the reclaimed resources for use at another urban landscaping site .
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Construction of the environment street project commenced in January 2005. By the end of April 2005 more than 85.000 trees and plants, including 36 different species, were planted at the site. installation of the irrigation system was completed in April 2005 with more than 50km of irrigation pipe being laid a special purple color of pipe , manufactured locally is used to indicate that the irrigation system contains reclaimed water and not freshwater. Irrigation water is delivered to the two intersections by thunders from the abu nusair wastewater treatment plant. The tanker trucks are also specially marked with the purple color to indicate that they contain reclaimed water.
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