Oman- OPWP signs agreement for new desalination plants

3/16/2016 8:34:50 AM

(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat-

Oman Power and Water Procurement Co (OPWP) signed the water purchase agreement with Muscat Water LLC to establish the Quriyat and Aseelah temporary desalination plants.

The signing ceremony was held under the patronage of H E Mohammed al Mahrouqi chairman of the Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) at Intercontinental Hotel Muscat on Monday according to a press release.

In attendance were a number of dignitaries including government officials as well as board of directors and representatives from the consortium and electricity and water sector in the sultanate.

The agreement was signed by Eng Yaqoob bin Saif al Kiyumi chief operating officer of OPWP and on behalf of Muscat Water LLC by Haitham al Fannah - chief operations officer of Al Sulaimi Group Holding.

The scope of the project which will be located in Quriyat in Muscat governorate and Jalan Bani Bu Ali in Sharqiyah South governorate includes the design construction ownership operation and maintenance of a high efficiency reverse osmosis desalination facilities.

Total potable water output of Quriyat plant will be 8000m3 per day whereas total potable water output of Aseelah plant will be 10000m3. The projects will be structured as independent water projects (IWPs) with OPWP purchasing the potable water produced by the projects under a water purchase agreement.

Speaking at the event Eng Naif al Abri acting director of projects development at OPWP said that this project is part of temporary and urgent desalination water projects being developed by OPWP in coordination with the PAEW to keep up with the growing demand for water in the sultanate.

Dr Manfred Reid the head of global business development from AquaSwiss AG said 'We are happy and proud for obtaining the opportunity to provide a technical solution to convert saline water into drinking water serving the demands of thousands of people in the regions of Asselah and Quriyat making their life safer and more comfortable. In this respect we understand this project not only as a mere business but also as a contribution to social responsibility.'

Muscat Water LLC is a coalition of the desalination experts AquaSwiss AG of Switzerland with world's leading desalination technologies and Al Sulaimi Group Holding - a leading Omani Group.

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