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METITO
DELIVERS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WASTE WATER SYSTEM
FOR NEW MANAR MALL IN RAS AL KHAIMAH, UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
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20
December 2000
Treated Water Used To Landscape New Prestige Mall
for Northern Emirates
METITO, the international water and wastewater treatment
experts, have installed an environmentally friendly
waste water treatment works for the new Manar Mall
shopping complex in Ras Al Khaimah.
The multi million dirham project has installed a
state of the art system to treat all sewage and
other waste water on site and then use the treated
water to irrigate and landscape the extensive grounds
of the latest Mall in the UAE. Located on the Ras
Al Khaimah waterfront there will be extensive landscaping
for the 45,000 square meter mall both on the waterfront
and in the 2200 space car park.
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METITO
Group Managing Director Mutaz Ghandour said: "We
are proud to have been asked to provide the waste
water treatment solutions for this exciting new
development - among the first major shopping malls
to be built to international standards in the Northern
Emirates.
"The system we have installed will treat all
sewage and waste water on site and this will then
be used for irrigation and landscaping on site to
ensure the most effective use of water resources
for Manar Mall."
The scope of work for METITO on this project was
turn key design, engineering, fabrication, supply,
installation commissioning, full operation and maintenance
of the works.
Key features of the packaged sewage treatment plant
include a capacity to treat up to 300 cubic meters
of waste per day that is divided into three independent
streams and is flexible to cater for peak times
and has fully automated systems in an environmentally
friendly atmosphere.
Manar Mall General Manager Mr. Neil Storey said:
"We are delighted with the highly effective
and efficient system that has been installed by
METITO for our new mall.
"It fully meets the international standards
we have set for the Northern Emirates with this
new mall complex and will help us to fulfill our
environmental obligations by treating and recycling
waste water to be used to help irrigate the landscaped
areas of the mall complex."
The Manar Mall features 110 shops including a hypermarket,
a seven-screen cinema, four restaurants, 10 food
court outlets, an indoor amphitheater and exhibition/promotion
area, an outdoor dining area and water sports facilities
on the waterfront.
METITO is the leading international company for
the provision of environmentally friendly water
and wastewater treatment plants, desalination plants
and water supply projects. It was founded in 1958
and has project management capabilities to undertake
similar and much larger projects worldwide. In the
UAE, METITO manages its Middle East, Africa and
Asia operation from their Regional Headquarters
in Sharjah, and have factory and laboratory facilities
in the Hamriya Free Zone. |
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