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05KUWAIT986
2005-03-09 11:50:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

OPENING OF MAJOR BOT WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND

Tags:  BEXP EINV SENV KU 
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091150Z Mar 05
UNCLAS KUWAIT 000986 

SIPDIS

USDOC FOR 3131 AND USFCS/OIO/ANESA/TGILLMAN
STATE FOR NEA/RA AND OES

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP EINV SENV KU
SUBJECT: OPENING OF MAJOR BOT WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND
RECLAMATION PLANT IN KUWAIT


UNCLAS KUWAIT 000986

SIPDIS

USDOC FOR 3131 AND USFCS/OIO/ANESA/TGILLMAN
STATE FOR NEA/RA AND OES

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP EINV SENV KU
SUBJECT: OPENING OF MAJOR BOT WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND
RECLAMATION PLANT IN KUWAIT



1. AMBASSADOR AND FCS COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST ATTENDED THE
CEREMONY ON MARCH 8, 2005 TO COMMISSION THE SULAIBIYA
WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND RECLAMATION PLANT. KUWAITI PRIME
MINISTER SHEIKH SABAH AL AHMED AL JABER AL SABAH AND VIRTUALLY
THE ENTIRE CABINET WAS ON HAND FOR THE FORMAL OPENING OF THIS
HUGE AND INNOVATIVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. THIS IS THE
FIRST MAJOR B.O.T. PROJECT IN KUWAIT AND THE LARGEST IN THE
WORLD USING THE REVERSE OSMOSIS (RO) TECHNIQUE IN DOMESTIC
WASTEWATER RECLAMATION.


2. THE PROJECT IS THE FIRST AND LARGEST BUILD-OPERATE-
TRANSFER (BOT) WASTEWTER TREATMENT AND RECLAMATION PLANT IN
KUWAIT. THE PROJECT, WHICH COST ABOUT US$ 400 MILLION, WILL
INITIALLY TREAT ABOUT 375,000 CUBIC METERS OF RAW DOMESTIC
WASTEWATER PER DAY AND WILL EVENTUALLY REACH UP TO 600,000
CUBIC METERS PER DAY DURING THE 30-YEAR CONCESSION PERIOD.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE PRELIMINARY TREATMENT AND PUMPING
STATION AT ARDIYA, THE TRANSFER PIPELINES FROM ARDIYA TO
SULAIBIYA AND THE TREATMENT AND RECLAMATION PLANT AT
SULAIBIYA. MOST OF TREATMENT AND RECLAMATION PROCESSES IN THE
VARIOUS PLANTS' FACILITIES ARE FULLY AUTOMATED AND USE THE
LATEST STATE-OF-THE ART COMPUTER AND CONTROL SYSTEMS.


3. THE GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT WILL BUY ALL RECLAIMED WATER,
WHICH WILL BE USED FOR AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL
APPLICATIONS, GARDENING, CAR AND BUILDING WASHING. IT WILL NOT
HOWEVER BE USED AS POTABLE WATER THOUGH IT COMPLIES WITH WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)STANDARDS.


4. THE U.S. COMPANY IONICS INC. (WATERTOWN, MA) IS THE
INTERNATIONAL PARTNER WITH THE LOCAL MOHAMMED A. AL KHARAFI
AND SONS GROUP. (IONICS WAS RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY GENERAL
ELECTRIC.) IONICS AND KHARAFI AND SONS ESTABLISHED THE
UTILITIES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (UDC) TO EXECUTE THE PROJECT.
IONICS' PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROJECT IS THE SECOND LARGEST
PRIVATE AMERICAN INVESTMENT IN KUWAIT AFTER DOW CHEMICAL'S
PARTICIPATION IN THE EQUATE I PETROCHEMICAL PROJECT. IONICS
PROVIDED THE REVERSE OSMOSIS TECHNOLOGY USED FOR THE PLANT AND
IS ALSO INVOLVED IN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE THROUGH A
SUBSIDIARY CALLED ITALBA, WHICH IS SPECIALIZED IN ULTRA-
FILTRATION AND R.O. TECHNIQUES.

LEBARON