 "Wastewater treatment plant; Photo courtesy: VA Tech Wabag")
VA Tech Wabag Ltd, in consortium with IDE Technologies, has won an Rs 594 crore contract from Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board for construction and operation & maintenance (O&M) of a 45 million litre per day (MLD) tertiary treatment plant at Koyambedue, Chennai.
“The project is a decisive step in the direction of domestic wastewater recycling thus creating alternate sources of water wherein treated water from the existing Koyambedu Sewage Treatment Plant will be recycled and conveyed to various industries at Irungattukottai, Sriperumbudur and Oragadam through a pipeline of approximately 72 km,” said VA Tech Wabag in a press release on March 8, 2016.
The project will adopt an ultra-filtration and reverse osmosis technology to treat the secondary domestic wastewater to provide a consistent quality of water to various industries and the scope includes supply, laying and maintenance of MS transmission main for conveying this reclaimed water to various industries.
The value of the EPC and O&M portion (for a period of 15 years) of the contract is Rs 396 crore and Rs 198 crore respectively. The consortium will be responsible for execution of the complete plant and transmission pipeline where Wabag would act as the leader.
