By Hana Namrouqa

AMMAN – Wastewater treatment systems applied in Jordan for the irrigation of crops are the safest in the world, an international expert in treated wastewater reuse said on Sunday.

Jordan applies one of the safest wastewater treatment schemes, the expert said.

He made the remarks following field visits to Khirbet Al Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant and farms in the Jordan Valley to study and evaluate the quality of treated wastewater and the safety of produce irrigated with reclaimed water.

“I have seen good farming practices… Jordan applies the safest treated wastewater water schemes that I have probably ever seen in the world,” Duncan Marra, professor of civil engineering at the University of Leeds, said yesterday.