Drake & Scull subsidiary to expand KSA wastewater treatment plant: Wastewater treatment technology provider Passavant Energy and Environment — a subsidiary of UAE-based contractor Drake and Scull International — was awarded a project to design and build an expanded wastewater treatment plant in Al Khobar with a capacity of 200k cubic meters per day, according to a press release. The project — valued at SAR 789 mn (USD 215 mn) — was awarded to Passavant along with an unnamed local contractor. Passavant’s subcontract was valued at USD 48 mn, the statement said. No timeline for the project was disclosed.

Scope of work: The contract includes the design and technology of a process to convert waste into energy. It also includes a terminal pumping station, heavy waste treatment tanks, water distribution pipelines and other components.

Not DSI’s first regional venture: A subsidiary of DSl was contracted to build an AED 307 mn (c. USD 83.6 mn) wastewater treatment plant in Jordan’s Ar-Ramtha city last August.

Saudi is upping its waste water agreement: PIF-owned National Water Company (NWC) has awarded a EUR 95 mn contract to Spanish tech and engineering company Ayesa to design 190 sustainable sanitation and drinking water projects across the kingdom including treatment plants earlier last month. NWC selected Tawzea — a JV between the Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company and Saudi Industrial Services Company — to operate and maintain its Dammam and AlKhobar wastewater plants in September.

And is making strides in the sector’s research front: KSA-based water recycling firm Al Miyah Solutions — a subsidiary of Saudi’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Kaust) — installed a first-of-its-kind mobile off grid waste water treatment unit at the NWC Wastewater Treatment Plant in Rabigh last year. A pilot facility launched in the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology started cultivating different algae species to use for cleaning up wastewater, aquaculture feed, and animal feed last August.

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