Veolia Water Technologies Gulf has been awared a contract by Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al-Kharafi & Sons to supply, supervise, install and commission 53 AnoxKaldnes Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) packaged sewage treatment plants in Kuwait
This is the largest order received by Veolia for this type of packaged plants, and will allow for 40,000 cu/m per day of water to be reused each day.
The compact and packaged sewage treatment units will be installed at various locations throughout the country, to compensate for a shortage in sewage handling. A major advantage of these smaller, packaged units, when compared to the big wastewater treatment plants, is that, the size of the network becomes smaller and the small units become widespread across the housing development or city. Consequently, the capital costs are also lowered, while allowing for more flexibility.
Following treatment, the effluents will be reused for irrigation, whereas the freshwater is saved, saving the cost of desalination.
In Sabah Al Ahmad City, a planned community located 80 kms south of Kuwait City, in Khiran Kuwait, 23 AnoxKaldnes MBBR package plants, with a total treatment capacity of 17000 m3/day will be added, to existing sewage treatment installations. In West Abdullah City, new sewage treatment installations will be built, which will include 27 package plants totalling 23,000 m3/day. In addition, three more units will be installed as provisional items at other locations.
Veolia Water Technologies will also supply pre-treatment and UV disinfection as well as proprietary Veolia technologies Multiflo for clarification and Hydrotech Drumfilters for tertiary treatment. Veolia?s digital solution Hub grade will support the operational teams in their daily monitoring, with a proactive, data-driven service and remote reporting.
Thierry Froment, CEO of Veolia Water Technologies Middle East, said: ?2020 has proven a very challenging year in many aspects, but it has also brought us some great successes. This project exemplifies the benefits of combining our expert technologies available throughout Veolia?s network of business units with our digital services to offer our customers the best possible solution. After having worked on the Sulaibiya WWTP Expansion Project, we are honoured to have been chosen by Al-Kharafi once again and we look forward to continuing our successful collaboration.?
The first units will be delivered early in 2021, with all 53 units delivered in less than 12 months.
