The Ministry of Public Works, Kuwait has awarded the project “Umm Al Hayman (UAH) Waste Water Project”.
The project has been awarded to the consortium led by Germany’s WTE Wassertechnik and the Kuwait International Financial Advisers.
The value of the project is $1.6 billion.
Umm Al-Hayman wastewater PPP Project:
The project aims to develop the wastewater treatment project in Umm Al-Hayman in view of the urgent need to expand the capacity of wastewater treatment and the removal of the wastewater treatment plant currently located in the southern region of Kuwait.
The project consists of the construction of a new sewage treatment plant within the boundaries of the current Umm Al-Hayman purification plant to treat wastewater.
The initial capacity of the project will be 500,000 cubic meters of average daily flow. The construction of sewage and treated water lines from AlAgaila pumping station to the new station and a major power transformer station also part of the contract.
The sewage treatment plant will be expandable by 200,000 cubic meters per day, with a final capacity of 700,000 cubic meters per day.
The project consists of two parts, one of which will be developed according to the BOT system and the second according to the design, construction and operation system (DBO).
The investor will have to operate and maintain the plant for a period of 25 years from the date of completion.
The investor will also have to ensure the establishment of a system of transport and distribution of the network.
The network includes the transfer of sewage water to the plant, the treated wastewater transportation and distribution network and the operation of the transmission and distribution system for a period of 3 years from the date of operation.
The project will then be handed over to the Ministry of Public Works in accordance with the specific part of the DBO system.
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