Water treatment player VA Tech WABAG has secured an order from Saudi Water Authority worth USD 317 million (Rs 2,700 crore) for setting up a Mega Sea Water Desalination plant in Saudi Arabia, the company said on Friday.
The BMC had appointed IDE Water Technologies Ltd, an Israeli company, in February 2021 to prepare a detailed project report for a desalination project at Manori. The project is supposed to add 200 MLD of water to the current daily supply of 3,850 MLD, and the capacity of the plant can be later doubled. Later, in January 2022, the civic body engaged M/s SMEC India to evaluate the study and designs prepared by the Israeli firm. The report was submitted in November 2022. The civic body issued a tender notice on December 4, 2023, to [âŠ]
Work is in progress to construct various components of the plant, including the intake structure; clear water storage space; a product water tank; an RO permeate tank; and a sludge thickener, besides a compound wall. The under-construction desalination plant will have a capacity to treat 400 million litres (mld) of seawater per day.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has floated a short tender to appoint a contractor for the long-pending ambitious desalination project at Manori. The civic body couldnât find a contractor even seven months after floating the tender in December. There are allegations of discrepancies in the tender process.
The order is towards the Operation and Maintenance of 110 million litres per day Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination Plant at Nemmeli in Chennai for a period of 7 years, city-based VA Tech WABAG Ltd said.
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Last month, Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa announced a plan to install another desalination plant next to the newly inaugurated Nemmeli facility to treat 150 million litres per day (mld) of sea water, costing âč 1,000 crore.
The BMC supplies 3,900 million litres of water daily (MLD) to the city. However, the cityâs reliance on its seven lakes for potable water causes anxiety every year during the monsoon. So, to augment water supply, the BMC revived the ambitious project of a desalination plant.
The newly operational plant boasts a remarkable capacity to produce 150,000 m3/day of drinking water, utilizing cutting-edge technologies for seawater treatment. Its design emphasizes reliability and versatility in pretreatment processes, including lamellar sedimentation, Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF), ultrafiltration, and standard chemical adjustments. These features not only ensure the plantâs adaptability to varying raw water qualities but also contribute to its low electricity consumption, setting a new benchmark for reducing carbon footprints in the face of climate change.
The supply of drinking water will be disrupted in 3 zones from April 30, 9 am to May 1, 9 am due to the maintenance work at the Nemmeli Desalination Plant which processes 110 MLD seawater everyday.Â