Metito Awarded Iraqi Water Contract

Metito has won a NID33bn ($28.3m) contract to increase Iraq’s drinking water supply.

The UAE-based water company will design and construct the Hindiyah water treatment plant in Karbala.

Metito will treat about 600,000m³ a day of potable water by 2012, providing clean water to 2.5 million Iraqis, according to tradearabia.com.

The water company had previously signed a NID61bn ($51m) contract for a 96,000m³ a day treatment plant and another plant with a daily capacity of 384,000m³.