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Image used for illustrative purposes. Poseidon Water project manager Peter MacLaggen (R) talks to fellow workers as they stand between rows of reverse osmosis filters at the Western Hemisphere's largest seawater desalination plant under construction in Carlsbad, California, April 14, 2015.
Jordan has secured two international loans worth €315 million ($334.24 million) for water and climate protection projects, Jordan News Agency reported.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide the Jordanian government with a €200 million ($212.21 million) soft loan to finance the Amman-Aqaba Water Conveyance and Desalination Project (AAWDCP).
The loan will form part of the government's $352 million spending for the project, which will help transport 300 million cubic metres per year (m3/year) of desalinated water from Aqaba to Amman and other governorates.
The second agreement was signed between the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and Germany's KfW Development Bank for a €115 million ($122.02 million) loan to implement three packages of a climate protection project to rehabilitate the 65-kilometre northern part of King Abdullah Canal.
The project will pump some 10 million m3/year of water to 300,000 people and help reduce water loss and energy costs.
(Writing by P Deol; Editing by Anoop Menon)