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METITO
COMPLETES DHS 15 MILLION CONTRACT TO BUILD SEWERAGE
TREATMENT PLANT FOR TOWN OF AL KHATIM IN ABU DHABI
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September 2002 METITO
(Overseas) Ltd, the international water and wastewater
treatment experts, have completed a Dhs 15 million
project to build a modern sewerage system for
the town of Al Khatim in the Eastern Region of
Abu Dhabi Emirate.
The system will deliver a state of the art system
to over 6000 people in the town with treated water
from the plant being used to help with irrigation
and the conservation of precious water supplies.
METITO implemented the project on behalf of the
Sewerage Projects Committee of Abu Dhabi Municipality.
This is the latest in a series of sewerage projects
that the company has undertaken in Abu Dhabi in
recent years. It is the second major municipal
sewage treatment works built by the company in
the Eastern Region. The first was a plant for
the town of Al Faqa in the Al Ain area.
Scope of work on the Al Khatim project included
the design, supply, construction and commissioning
of the mechanical and electrical works for the
system. The contract also included construction
of all mechanical and electrical works associated
with the construction of pump stations, a sewage
treatment plant and effluent storage and reuse
facilities. Capacity of the completed plant is
up to 1375 cubic metres of effluent every day.development.
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METITO (Abu Dhabi) LLC, Branch Manager, Mr Omar
Al Zoubi, said: “We are delighted to have
completed and commissioned this project for Abu
Dhabi Municipality on time and on schedule as part
of the ongoing initiative to bring new modern sewage
treatment systems to the region.
“This project will help improve the lives
and environment of local people and provide the
area with a new source of water that can be used
for irrigation purposes in such an arid environment.”
To implement this project, METITO is using its multi-disciplinary
global knowledge that has been developed and implemented
in over more than 40 years experience in the Gulf
area based on established international standards
adapted to suit local conditions.
The new plant will have a maximum capacity of 1,375
cubic metres of effluent per day, and will include
the provision of two trains carrying 687.5 cubic
metres of waste per day to the plant. The Sewerage
Projects Committee of Abu Dhabi Municipality and
consultants Dorsch Consult drew up specifications
for the project to the latest international standards.
Mr Zoubi explained that METITO was also taking a
leading role for Abu Dhabi Municipality in the development
of the overall Western Region Sewerage Project,
which aims to provide new sewerage systems for nine
villages in the western region of Abu Dhabi. Projects
being undertaken by METITO include treatment plants
for Bainna, Medinet Zayed, Mirfa, Delma Island,
Baaya, Sila, Ghuwaifat and Liwa.
METITO is the leading international company for
the provision of wastewater treatment, desalination
and water supply projects. In the UAE it operates
its European, Asian and African operations from
its headquarters in Sharjah and has a factory and
laboratory facility in the Hamriya Free Zone. METITO
is an international company that was founded in
1958 by Mr Farouk Ghandour, its present Chairman,
and has project management capabilities to undertake
similar and much larger projects worldwide.
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