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Jeddah Airport 2 sewage plant on track for Q1 2023 launch
Work on the Jeddah Airport 2 sewage plant is moving at a steady pace with over 60 per cent of the implementation work on the 300,000-cu-m facility already completed. The key Saudi project is set for commercial operations in the first quarter of 2023.
Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has announced that 60 per cent of the implementation work on the Jeddah Airport 2 Independent Sewage Treatment Plant has been completed and was on track for commercial operations in Q1 2023.
Once completed, it will have the capacity to treat 300,000-cu-m per day sewage water, said its CEO Khaled Z AlQureshi after an inspection tour of the project site.
The project is being developed by Marafiq (Power and Water Utility Company for Jubail and Yanbu) under a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) concession model with a total ultimate treatment capacity of 500,000 cu m/day.
Stage one will treat 300,000 cu m per day, scheduled to be commissioned on January 31, 2023, while Stage two is expected to add another 200,000 cu m per day.
The Jeddah Airport 2 ISTP will be located near the Saudi city adjacent to the existing Jeddah Airport 1 sewage treatment plant (JA1 STP) on the Red Sea coast. Once completed, it will have the capacity to treat 300,000-cu-m per day sewage water.
The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project is being implemented in co-ordination with French water specialist Veolia and Amwal AlKhaleejiah, who will support the development, financing, engineering, procurement, construction, implementation, ownership, operation, maintenance, and transfer of the Jeddah Airport 2 ISTP.-TradeArabia News Service