Wabag bags order to build wastewater recycling plant in India

India-based VA Tech Wabag has received a $88.3m contract to build a wastewater recycling plant at Koyambedu, Chennai.

The construction, operations and maintenance (O&M) contract awarded by Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewage Board (CMWSB), will see the development of a recycling plant with the capacity of 45 million litres each day.

According to a company statement given at Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Wabag has received the order in partnership with Israeli water desalination company, IDE Technologies.

The project includes domestic wastewater recycling, along with the creation of alternate sources of water.

Water from the Koyambedu Sewage Water Treatment Plant will be recycled and distributed in different industries across Sriperubudur, Irungattukoattai and Oragadum.

The recycled water will be distributed through a 72km-long pipeline installed by the consortium in the industrial area of Sriperumbudur and surrounding areas.

Under the contract, Chennai-based Wabag has to build, operate and maintain the recycling plant for 15 years.

The plant will treat wastewater collected from the city and transform it to safe drinking water.

It will use sewage from the existing treatment plant of Metrowater. Sewage will be further treated by the new plant using the modern ultra filtration and reverse osmosis technology.

The project value comprises engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) component estimated at $58.9m and O&M portion estimated at $29.4m.

Metrowater sewage treatment plant will supply secondary treated sewage that includes aerated, filtered and disinfected sewage.