Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) is expected to extend the tender closing date for the contracts to develop and operate two independent sewage treatment plant (ISTP) projects in the kingdom. The first scheme, the Arana ISTP, will be located in Mecca and will have an initial capacity of 250,000 cubic metres a day (cm/d), which can be expanded to 500,000 cm/d. The second scheme, the Hadda ISTP, will also be located in Mecca and will have an initial capacity of 100,000 cm/d, which can be expanded to 250,000 cm/d.  SWPC initially expected to receive bids by 5 May when it tendered the contracts earlier this year. The project client is now considering extending the bid submission date by up to two months, according to industry sources. Both projects, expected to be operational by 2028, will be implemented using a 25-year build, own, operate and transfer model. They also include treated sewage effluent (TSE) reuse systems comprising transmission pipelines and TSE tanks. In March last year, SWPC signed a 25-year water-purchase agreement with a team comprising the local Miahona Company and Belgium's Besix for the contract to develop and operate the Al-Haer ISTP in Riyadh, as part of the third batch of the kingdom's ISTP programme. Four months later, the Saudi-listed Power & Water Utility Company for Jubail & Yanbu (Marafiq) joined the developer consortium. The Miahona/Besix team offered to develop the project for $0.5173 a cubic metre, while the second-lowest bid, from a team comprising Spain's Acciona and the local Tawzea, was SR2.2041 a cubic metre. The Al-Haer ISTP project involves the development of a water treatment plant with a capacity of 200,000 cm/d. It also includes developing a TSE reuse system comprising a 32-kilometre pipeline with a capacity of 400,000 cm/d, a pumping station and TSE reservoir tanks with a capacity of 200,000 cubic metres.   (ICE RIYADH)

Fonte notizia: Meed