Wastewater treatment project launched in Oman

Muscat: The Haya Wastewater Project in the Wilayat of Al Amirat was inaugurated under the patronage of Eng. Issam bin Saud al-Zadjali, Chairman of Muscat Municipality.

A statement issued online by Oman News Agency (ONA), said: "Sulaiman bin Khamis al-Qasimi, Acting CEO of Haya Water, said in a speech that this OMR 92 million project consists of a treatment plant with a capacity of 18,000 cubic meters/day at the first stage that can be doubled to 36,000 cubic meters/day in the second stage."

He added," The length of the main and subsidiary wastewater networks implemented in parallel with this project stands at 575 km. The number of units connected to the wastewater network is about 9570 governmental, residential and commercial units, as well as about 4830 connections for future urban expansion and the construction of a 40 km treated water network, equipped with a number of distribution points for treated water. The project also includes the construction of a 700 km optical fiber network and about 7,000 optical-fiber inspection rooms."

Trial operations of the wastewater treatment plant in Al Amirat began in December 2019. After four months, the opening of the wastewater networks, including the facilities and buildings to the station, began through two pumping stations.