60% of construction works on the Jeddah Airport 2 Independent Sewage Treatment Plant has been completed according to the Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC). The project is said to be on track for commercial operations in Q1, 2023.
Following an inspection of the project site, SWPC CEO Khaled Z AlQureshi said, once complete, phase one of the project will have the capacity to treat 300,000cu/m per day of sewage water. Stage two is expected to add another 200,000cu/m per day, the statement noted.
The project is being developed by Marafiq (Power and Water Utility Company for Jubail and Yanbu) under a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) concession model with a total ultimate treatment capacity of 500,000cu/m per day.
The Jeddah Airport 2 ISTP is located near the Saudi city adjacent to the existing Jeddah Airport 1 sewage treatment plant (JA1 STP) on the Red Sea coast. The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project is being implemented in co-ordination with French water specialist Veolia and Amwal AlKhaleejiah, who will support the development, financing, engineering, procurement, construction, implementation, ownership, operation, maintenance, and transfer of the Jeddah Airport 2 ISTP.