Sound Global wins China water and sewage treatment plants contract

Hong-Kong-based water and wastewater treatment solutions provider Sound Global has secured a contract to build a water supply plant and upgrade a municipal sewage treatment plant in north-eastern China.

To be located in the Changbai Mountain Wildlife Protection and Development Area in Jilin Province, the plants will be built on a build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis. Both the plants have been granted a concession period of 30 years.

Sound Global will invest approximately RMB44.56m ($7.26m) for the construction of the water plant, which will have a supply capacity of 20,000m³ a day.

The municipal sewage treatment plant will be designed to have a treatment capacity 15,000m³ a day. Approximately RMB50m ($8.15m) will be invested in the project, which involves upgrading and transformation of the sewage treatment plant and improvement of part of its ancillary pipelines.

Sound Global chairman Wen Yibo said that the company continues to build on successful bids for a number of sewage treatment BOT projects in Jiangsu, Hebei and Fujian recently.

"The successful bids for the BOT projects for the water supply plant and the municipal sewage treatment plant in the Changbai Mountain Wildlife Protection and Development Area will have significant positive impact on the water market in China, especially in north-eastern China," Yibo added.

"Sound Global will fully leverage on its competitive edge in technology, capital, management and complete industry chain to provide effective solutions for safe supply of drinking water and prevention and treatment of sewage in the region. In addition, Sound Global, as a leader in China’s water industry, will achieve steady and sustainable development in the domestic water market."