Taqa to develop USD 545 mn water infrastructure project in Uzbekistan: Taqa Water Solutions inked an MoU with Uzbekistan’s New Tashkent City Directorate to develop a 65 km raw water pipeline and a water treatment plant, according to an Abu Dhabi Media Office statement. The USD 545 mn (AED 2 bn) project, slated for completion by 2035, aims to provide clean water to 2 mn people in New Tashkent City.

The details: The company will develop and manage the infrastructure under a 25-year build-own-operate-transfer model, after which ownership will be handed over to Uzbekistan. Taqa now has exclusive rights to assess the project’s feasibility and submit a technical and financial proposal.

Details: The project will source water from the Charvak Mountain Reservoir, transporting 550k cubic meters daily via a 65 km pipeline while generating 20 MW of hydroelectric power. This marks Taqa’s second major water infrastructure initiative in Uzbekistan, with another USD 1 bn wastewater treatment plant in the works alongside Marubeni Corporation and Suez.

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