A team of local and international environmentalists is to conduct a six-month study of the polluted channel (known as `Saeil’), which cuts through the city of Zarka. The study [...] is funded by the Spanish government and other donors, including the European Union [and] is due to start in September [2008].
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Effluent from chemical and other factories, the Ain Ghazal sewage facility, car wash stations, broken drains and the Greater Amman Municipality slaughterhouse, has been blamed for the growing pollution problem.
“We have a serious problem from the sewerage system in Abu Nusseir area: effluent seeps into the channel and affects agricultural land that produces some of the city’s needs,” said Mayor Mohammed Ghweiri. [T]he authorities were considering a US$15 million project to cover over the channel to curb the foul smells and improve the lives of local people.
The government is also contemplating building a water treatment plant close to the channel to treat industrial effluent from nearby industries.
Source: IRIN, 21 Aug 2008
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