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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

Haya Water takes over Suhar’s wastewater treatment facilities

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Suhar: Haya Water Company has recently taken over the wastewater treatment plants in Suhar.


This step comes due to the continuous urbanisation and the rapid growth of population in all governorates of the Sultanate. It is Haya Water’s vital role in protecting groundwater from pollution and preserving the environment.


This is a fulfilment of the Council of Ministers’ decision, which states that Haya Water shall manage, operate and maintain all wastewater facilities in the governorates except Dhofar and also to supervise the implementation of all wastewater projects.


Hussain bin Hassan Abdul Hussain, CEO of Haya Water, said that Haya Water, after taking over the wastewater treatment plants in Suhar from MRMWR, started to develop plans and proposals for increasing the capacity of the sewage treatment plant (STP).


Presently, STP can recycle 15,000 cubic metres of water per day.


Moreover, there is a wastewater network with total length of 150 km and 20 lifting and pumping stations.


In addition, there is a treated effluent (TE) network, which is used for irrigation and afforestation.


It should be noted that the wastewater service is currently provided to more than 2,000 residential, commercial and governmental properties in Suhar.


CEO Hussain said the company is currently working to increase the capacity of the STP to 15,000 cubic metres/day in order to provide wastewater treatment services for more residential and commercial units and expand the wastewater network to cover new areas in Suhar and cope with the demographic changes witnessed by the wilayat.


It is worth mentioning that Haya Water, since the reception of wastewater


projects in the regional governorates from Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources (MRMWR), has


developed successful plans to increase the capacity of the STP, make improvements to existing stations and activate some of the stations that were shutdown.


The company has also repaired many issues related to wastewater networks or TE networks.


Moreover, more public and private units and facilities have been connected to the network.


The number of houses connected to the wastewater network has increased from 15,000 in 2015 to 24,945 at the end of June 2017.


In addition, Haya Water started receiving different communications (queries, complaints, applications) related to wastewater services through the call centre or social media.


These communications are then processed by a professional team in the shortest time possible according to the priority of each communication. — ONA


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