VA Tech Wabag bags sewage treatment order in Philippines

Water and wastewater treatment company VA Tech Wabag has secured an order worth Rs1bn ($16.2m) from Maynilad Water Services, Philippines.

As part of the order, the company will construct a sewage treatment plant (STP) with daily capacity of 20 million litres at Tunasan.

Following the designing and building of the plant, Wabag will operate and maintain it for one year.

The project, which is funded by the World Bank, is said to be unique, since this STP is constructed to handle wastewater flowing into the Laguna Lake.

The lake is claimed to be one of the biggest alternate drinking water sources of the Philippines.

At present, Wabag is executing two large projects at Illugin and Putatan and has already executed three Philippines projects at Bagbag, Tatalon and Dona Imelda.

Wabag Philippines director Coleridge Shelley said: "Wabag, within a few years of its existence in Philippines, has carved a niche in the water and wastewater treatment market and repeat orders from the existing clients go to prove that Wabag is a trusted partner in Philippines in the water treatment space."

VA Tech Wabag, which has dual headquarters in India and Austria, is specialised in water treatment for municipal and industrial users and has completed a total of 6,000 projects.