Sharjah Wastewater Treatment Works Extension, United Arab Emirates
Key Data:
Project commencement
May 2002
Project completion
May 2004
Project cost
£18 million
Client
Sharjah Municipality
Client engineer
Halcrow International Partnership
Additional treatment capacity
37,400m³/day
Geographical area served
Sharjah City
Final capacity (total plant)
155,400m³/day
Design wastewater concentrations (mg/l)
BOD - 204; SS - 290; NH4 - 18
Design loads (kg/day)
BOD - 7,650; SS - 10,875; NH4 - 675
Instantaneous maximum flow (hydraulic capacity)
67,500m³/day
WAS flow rate (at max daily flow)
Phase 6 - 1,600m³/day; Overall - 10,700m³/day
Operational MLSS
3,000mg/l
Aeration lane retention times
7.8 hours (average), 4.3 hours (minimum)
UV treatment capacity
72,000m³/day
Project Timeline:
Official opening
June 2004
Key Players:
Control panels
Baldwin & Francis
Software
Serck
Filter flooring
Cadar
Scrapers
Vivendi (now Veolia Water Systems)
Screw pumps
Spaans Babcock
Screens
Longwood Engineering
Sludge thickeners and belt presses
Simon Hartley
UV system
Trojan Technologies
Main contractors
ACWa Services, Consolidated Contractors International Company SAL
Local installation contractors
Abeg Arabia International (electrical), Pioneer (mechanical)
