Over $30 mln to raise sewage treatment plant efficiency in Sana'a

SANA'A, March 03 (Saba)- An agreement of project was signed here on Wednesday to raise the efficiency of the sewage treatment plant in the capital Sana'a with more than $30 million.

The agreement, which was signed by Minister of State and the Capital Mayor Abdul
Rahman al-Akwa with the consortium consisted of the PWT German Company and
Al-Towaity National
Company, aimed to increase the efficiency of the treatment plant to meet the big
expansion of the sewerage systems in the capital and to develop solutions to all
operational
problems experienced by the plant currently.
In the signing ceremony, al-Akwa said that the project is one of the most important
strategic projects in the capital Sana'a as it comes within the immediate solutions
for
the problems of water and sanitation faced by the capital and also to reduce the
depletion suffered by the Sana'a water basin and it would contribute directly to
address
many issues of water scarcity.
According to the technical studies, the project's outputs will serve 1.2 million
people and it is expected to benefit from 50 thousand cubic liters of treated water
extracted
daily from this plant, in addition to the production of electrical energy from
biogas, al-Akwa pointed out.
The project, co-funded by the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development and the
Yemeni government, consists of units to lift the water, refineries, two trains to
separate
sand and oil, settling ponds, biogas production unit, and an emergency pond in
addition to units to generate electricity from biogas.
The project aims to improve wastewater treatment and collection systems for the
project areas and the environmental situation, preserve the groundwater from
pollution by
sewage and promote the efficiency and performance of the Local Water and Sanitation
Corporation.
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