Orascom signs sewage treatment agreement with Dammam plant

Consortium including Orascom Construction to build sewage treatment plant in KSA: A consortium including our friends at Orascom Construction along with water supply management company Metito and desalination company MOWAH have signed a sewage treatment agreement in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, according to an emailed statement (pdf). The plant, which will be constructed under a build-own-operate-transfer framework, is expected to have an initial capacity of 200,000 m3/d, which will increase to 350,000 m3/d. Orascom Construction CEO Osama Bishai said, “This project is a continuation of our efforts to build a solid portfolio of water-related construction projects similar to what we have achieved in power generation.” The statement place a value on the agreement.