Water. Desalination + reuse
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EGYPT FCC Aqualia and Orascom win Cairo reuse FCC Aqualia and Orascom have won a $320 million contract to design, build and operate a wastewater reuse plant in Cairo, Egypt. Abu Rawash wastewater treatment plant will process 1.6 million m3/d of wastewater through primary and secondary treatment to produce potable water. Once complete, it will serve six million people. The scope of work includes expanding the existing primary treatment plant from 1.2 to 1.6 million m3/d, and adding biological treatment. Construction is expected to take 37 months. The project was originally conceived as a 20-year concession, but has been reduced to three years owing to Egypt's economic situation. FCC Construcción is leading the delivery, and African Development Bank is fi nancing. It is the largest contract of its type that FCC Aqualia has signed outside of Spain. In 2016, FCC Aqualia won a contract to build a 150,000 m3/d desalination plant at El Alamein in Egypt. The Quarterly 5 OMAN PAEW adopts BOO for remote projects Oman Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) issued two tenders for desalination plants up to 10,000 m3/d in remote locations that are off the main water network. They will be delivered as build, own, operate (BOO) contracts, a model that was adopted by PAEW in 2015, and which it sees as useful for projects in remote places. "The new plants will be procured from the private sector which will take responsibility for long term performance with PAEW buying the water under contract. Pilot contracts have shown considerable savings and this model is now in use across PAEW's area," said a PAEW spokesperson. The projects will be located in Mahout Wilayat, Wusta governorate, and Musandam governorate. PAEW owns about 40 small desalination facilities with total capacity of 45,000 m3/d. In 2015, desalinated water supply in Oman was split between 11 million m3 from smaller units up to 10,000 m3/d, and 288.6 million m3 from plants of more than 10,000 m3/d. VIETNAM Darco signs first DBOO in Vietnam Darco Water Technologies of Singapore, and InfraCo Asia Development are to partner on a design, build, own, operate (DBOO) project covering four municipal water treatment plants in Vietnam. The two companies were brought together by International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, a government agency that promotes Singapore companies in trading and collaborating overseas. InfraCo Asia, backed by the Private Infrastructure Development Group, is to provide funding, leadership and experience in DBOO deal structuring, and has supported Darco in conducting feasibility studies. The plants will take feedwater from rivers and treat it to potable standards, with capacity of 62,000 m3/d across all four of them. The project is Darco's fi rst DBOO in Vietnam, and is the fi rst step in its overseas growth strategy, which envisions more asset ownership. "The EPC scene is becoming more competitive. By building up on DBOO projects, the strong recurring revenue will enable us to grow more signifi cantly. Through these small scale, decentralised projects, we can amass experience for bigger projects in Vietnam and Southeast Asia," said Darco chief executive Thye Kim Meng. DJIBOUTI Gulf of Aden project moves ahead Three fi rms have been pre-selected for a reverse osmosis desalination project in Djibouti, East Africa. The facility in the Gulf of Aden will have initial capacity of 22,500 m3/d with the potential to rise to 45,000 m3/d, and will supply the city of Dijbouti. The contract is for design, construction, and operation of the plant, a pumping station to transfer drinking water to the city's distribution network, and a wastewater and sludge treatment facility. The project is backed by the European Union, with the original tender issued in 2014. The total cost is reportedly €46 million. SINGAPORE Tuas Power bags Singapore desal contract Singapore's PUB has named Tuas Power- Singapore Technologies Marine Consortium (TP-STM) as preferred bidder for its fi h desalination plant project. TP-STM won the bidding with the most competitive water tariff of $0.91 per cube for the fi rst-year price. The three shortlisted companies, TP-STM, Keppel Infrastructure Holdings, and Semcorp Utilities-Suez, submitted eight bids in total. TP-STM will now establish a project company to sign a 25-year water purchase agreement with PUB, eff ective from 2020 to 2045. The agreement will begin once all contracts are fi nalised, and the project company achieves fi nancial close. 136,000 m3/d DESAL CAPACITY