Water. Desalination + reuse
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Water. desalination + reuse June 2018 The Quarterly 7 What happens next? What did people say? The editor Focus is on next generation tech There's a spring the industry's step as new project awards pick up. What's exciting is that energy for developing next generation technologies is evident too, with a focus on commercialisation. Projections show that a combination of rapid urbanisation and drought risks bringing communi - ties to crisis point, as in Cape Town, South Africa. This quarter, we cover the news of IDE's new pilots with municipalities in California, US; ambitions at Energy Recovery to de - velop and commercialise packaged solutions; Singa- pore's piloting of innova- tive treatment technolo- gies; and Oman's novel focus on crisis response. In May, three desalination plants procured under crisis conditions were poised to come online in Cape Town: Monwabisi and Strandfontein, each of 7,000 m3/d, and V&A Waterfront, at 2,000 m3/d. The crisis has demonstrat - ed how quickly situations can escalate where there is a persistent lack of rainfall — and why the need for flexible, affordable and reliable technologies is so acute. Email the editor at desalination@fav- house.com Once the plant is constructed — completion is set for 2020 — it will be operated by the joint venture on a 20-year water purchase agreement. OPWP also has other new desalination plants in development, including the Al Ghubrah III project for a 300,000 m3/d facility near Muscat. In April, the utility reported that 11 companies and consortia had submitted statements of qualification for the project. "This is the first standalone water desalination project in the Governorate of Dhofar, and will positively contribute to security of water supply in light of urbanisation and other ambitious projects." Yaqoob Bin Saif Al Kiyumi, OPWP chief executive The Delivery Plan 2020 forms part of the wider Saudi Vision 2030 Realisation Program. The document details how the legal frameworks for PPPs are to be developed to enable projects to moved ahead, outlining plans to introduce general legislative structures for privatisation and PPPs, and frameworks withing the target sectors including water. One of the aims is to achieve government net savings in capital and operating expenditure of SAR 25 to 33 billion ($6.7 to $8.8 billion). The joint venture of FCC Aqualia and Inima that built Djerba will operate it for a warranty period. Inbuilt to the project — within the marine and civil engineering works — is the option to increase capacity from 50,000 m3/d to 750,000 m3/d in the future. The product water is to serve 150,000 people on the island of Djerba, off Tunisia's southern coast. The KFAED loan is to fund projects including a desalination plant with capacity of 20,000 m3/d at Abu Zneima, one of 15,000 m3/d at Dahab, and a 10,000 m3/d facility at Ras Sedr. It was earlier reported that the other two plants would be of 10,000 m3/d capacity. The Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW), procurer of water projects in Egypt, has shown an appetite for the build, operate and transfer (BOT) model, in 2017 awarding a $380 million contract for design, build and operations on a wastewater treatment facility in Cairo. "It brings a significant advantage to Djerba and the region, and will cover demand from the tourist sector." Youssef Chahed, Tunisian prime minister, speaking at the official opening Reuters ran a story claiming that Ibrahim Mehleb, an aide to Egypt's president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, described the development of South Sinai Governorate as "a project for national security". There is a drive to complete the EGP 275 million ($15.6 million) scheme, which includes roads, residential developments, hospitals, sewage networks, and the desalination plants, by 2022. The region is dotted with tourist resorts, however the north of the peninsular has been dogged by attacks by Islamist militants. "This is a crucial step in rearranging the water industry and increasing efficiency, and will result in important proceeds for government." The Saudi Vision Delivery Plan 2020