Hitachi and Veolia Win Contract to build Pretreatment Facilities for Large-scale Water Desalination Plant in Basrah, Iraq
October 23 2014 - 10:35PM
JCN Newswire (English)
Additional order following desalination plant equipment
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501 / "Hitachi") and Veolia (Paris Euronext:
VIE and NYSE:VE), through its subsidiary OTV, announced today that
a consortium formed by their two companies, along with Egyptian
engineering firm ArabCo, has received an order from the Iraqi
Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works for the engineering,
procurement, and construction (EPC) of pretreatment facilities and
surrounding facilities (river water intake facilities, and water
transport facilities) at a water desalination plant in Basrah,
Iraq. The value of the order will total about 24 billion yen, of
which 10 billion yen for Hitachi and Veolia. Construction is
scheduled to begin in October 2014, with completion scheduled for
April 2017. The consortium received a comprehensive order in
January 2014 for EPC on the water desalination plant as well as
operation and maintenance (O&M) for a period of five years. The
new pretreatment facilities represent an additional project
following up on the order in January. The construction of these
facilities will be undertaken with loan assistance from the
Japanese government.
The desalination plant that is currently scheduled for construction
in Basrah will be the largest facility of its kind in Iraq, capable
of supplying 199,000 cubic meters of drinking water per day(1). It
will use reverse osmosis (RO) to reduce the salt content in water
drawn from a river near the river's mouth, where the salt
concentration is high. The new pretreatment facilities covered by
the additional order received by the three companies is coagulation
and sedimentation facilities, which will undertake pretreatment of
water to be processed at the desalination plant. In addition, the
consortium will also install surrounding facilities, which are
river water intake facilities and water transport facilities.
Hitachi and Veolia will be responsible for the design, delivery,
and test operation of mechanical and electrical facilities, and
ArabCo will be responsible for civil engineering, construction, and
on-site installation work.
Mr. Kunizo Sakai, Vice President and Executive Officer and
President & CEO of Hitachi's Infrastructure Systems Company
said, "Hitachi is honored to be involved in the construction of the
desalination plant and the preprocessing facilities in Basrah in
collaboration with Veolia and ArabCo. Hitachi has an extensive
track record and expertise in the delivery of water treatment
plants throughout the world, and we look forward to contributing to
the maintenance and improvement of the water environment in Iraq by
putting in place reliable water infrastructures."
Jean-Michel Herrewyn, Senior Executive Vice President, Global
Enterprises, Veolia, said: "This plant, which combines
pretreatment, high-level membrane filtration and desalination, will
significantly improve the quality of drinking water provided to the
city of Basrah and will eliminate spikes in salinity caused by
tides and winds. Veolia is committed to developing access to
resources and delivering reliable solutions to help cities deal
with water scarcity while pursuing their economic development."
Hitachi and OTV, a subsidiary of Veolia, have completed a
memorandum regarding collaborations in water infrastructure
projects overseas. Both companies will use this framework to
promote participation in water infrastructure projects, which are
expected to be the target of increasing demand in the future,
particularly in emerging countries.
Note:
(1) Equivalent to a supply volume for a population of 400,000
About Hitachi
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers
innovations that answer society's challenges with our talented team
and proven experience in global markets. The company's consolidated
revenues for fiscal 2013 (ended March 31, 2014) totaled 9,616
billion yen ($93.4 billion). Hitachi is focusing more than ever on
the Social Innovation Business, which includes infrastructure
systems, information & telecommunication systems, power
systems, construction machinery, high functional materials &
components, automotive systems, healthcare and others. For more
information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at
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Source: Hitachi
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