The plant is considered the largest waste water treatment plant in the Middle East. It treats 2.5 million cubic meters per day. It generates 60% of the electricity for its operation. The treated water is used to irrigate 150,000 feddans. The control room is fully electronic.
Production of biogas through the advanced techniques on which this huge plant is based on.
This technology contributes to providing electrical energy up to 60% of the total energy required to operate the huge equipment in the station.
This contract includes the plant with Anaerobic Process (Digester) method, which consist of a lift station with a capacity of 3 million cubic meter per day. The station includes entrances, manual and mechanical filters, sand sediment basins, two lifting stations for purification tanks, primary and final sedimentation basins, Sludge concentration basins, two sludge lifting stations, biological aeration basins, chlorine mixing basins, lifting stations for return and excess sludge, sludge tanks, drying basins, and two fuel tanks, Power stations and the water outlet duct to the emergency channel, in addition to the buildings for the necessary services for the station.
Water and Wastewater
African Development Fund
Cairo
Egypt
2021
NA
Construction Authority for Potable Water & Wastewater (CAPW)
AAW is providing project management and supervision for operation maintenance of El-Gabal El-Asfar WWTP.
Wastewater Treatmeny Plant