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In April 2006, James Horvath, Superintendent of Intake and Supply
for the East Orange Water Commission and Vincent Uhl, Principal Hydrogeologist
with Uhl traveled to Jordan to provide assistance to the Jordan Ministry
of Water in upgrading their water systems, specifically with respect
to the metering and monitoring of large capacity irrigation wells
throughout the country of Jordan.
Messrs. Horvath and Uhl conducted training sessions in the installation,
repair and maintenance of water meters for large capacity irrigation
wells for about 50 persons on the technical staff of the Ministry’s
eight Regional Offices. The training sessions were held
in the capital city of Amman. Standard Operating Procedures
(SOPs) for Water Meter Installation and for Water Meter Maintenance
and Testing developed by Messrs. Horvath and Uhl and Ms. Jaclyn
Baron of Uhl were adopted by the country of Jordan as their new
official standard.
During the training program, an overview was developed of the
country’s regional geologic conditions, well construction methods,
well operational problems, and meter installations. In
addition, Messrs. Uhl and Horvath visited the Jordan River Valley
to assess meter installation procedures and assist in the trouble
shooting of problem areas in this heavily irrigated part of the
country.
The training program was part of a larger United States Agency
for International Development (USAID) project being implemented
by Uhl Associates in Rural Development (ARD) to enhance the
Water Authority of Jordan’s operations to improve the compliance
and monitoring of groundwater resources country-wide. Groundwater
provides over 70 percent of the country’s water production for
drinking, irrigation, institutional, and industrial water supply. Metering
of large capacity irrigation wells is considered a vital step in
regulating and conserving the groundwater resources for sustainable
future supply.
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