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Biwater signs US$42 million water purchase agreement with Southern Utilities Ltd

13 April 2010

The water purchase agreement involves Biwater providing Southern Utilities with potable water for the Southern Province of the Republic in the Maldives

Biwater will construct six seawater RO desalination plants with a total production of 3,000 m³ per day, and will design and construct the distribution system to enable storage and delivery of potable water to more than 4,500 households. The company will also design and construct four new sewage treatment plants and a new sewer collection system to transport wastewater from households to the new treatment plants.

Biwater will operate and maintain the desalination plants for 20 years after the commissioning period.
 

 

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