agency for international development (usaid) funded a water treatment plant that delivers 100,000 m3 of water per day to about 700,000 people in the greater amman area. the treatment plant captures water from brackish streams which is desalinated using reverse osmosis. the remaining highly saline water (brine) is discharged to the dead sea. also in amman, in addition to the $125 million zara ma’in water supply project mentioned above, usaid partially funded the construction of the as samra $167 million build-operate-transfer (bot) contract for wastewater treatment of 60 million m3 per year. approximately 46% of the cost was provided by usaid in the form of a grant. furthermore, usaid is implementing a $72 million component of the multi-donor rehabilitation of amman's potable water distribution system. in aqaba, usaid also supported the rehabilitation and expansion of a $31 million wastewater treatment plant and rehabilitation of the water distribution system. technical assistance and training by usaid. the usaid-funded watershed management project strengthened the relationship between the ministries of health and water related to water standards and regulations, quality assurance/quality control program for laboratories, and new procedures that aim at reducing water treatment plant shutdowns. a water demand management (wdm) unit was established at the ministry of water and irrigation with assistance from usaid, and a wdm curriculum has been inserted into jordanian classroom textbooks from grades 1 through 11. a master's degree program has been established at jordan university of science and technology, and journalists have been trained. auditing and retrofitting of public and private buildings (hotels, schools, hospitals, government and commercial) indicated that 40 to 60% are now using water-saving devices. a “model” community was rehabilitated to demonstrate water and associated energy conservation. twenty-seven grants have been awarded to poor communities to alleviate water shortages and inefficient water usage. furthermore, training courses under a program with washington state university have been completed for more than 800 employees from the jordan valley authority, water authority of jordan and ministry of water and irrigation to improve and standardize accounting systems, and to improve efficiency. millennium challenge corporation. in october 2010, the millennium challenge corporation (mcc) and the jordanian government signed a us$275.1m grant agreement to expand water distribution, wastewater collection and the as samra wastewater treatment plant, all in the zarqa governorate. world bank from 1999 to 2007, the world bank contributed with us$55 million to the amman water and sanitation management project. one objective of the project was to lay the groundwork for sustainable private participation in the sector through a management contract. according to the world bank, although the management was not extended, "the management operator was able to comply substantially with 12 of 15 performance targets" and, in the seven and a half years of the project, "the practice of modern utility management was introduced, and the accountability of the operator was established".