WTE Wassertechnik GmbH, Essen, signed a contract at the start of February 2010 for another environmental project, the construction of the Mia Milia/Haspolat sewage system in Cyprus.
WTE is responsible for the new construction and subsequent 10-year operation of the waste water treatment plant in North Nicosia. The construction works will be carried out in a consortium with the local construction firm EMEK Construction Ltd. A construction time of 27 months is planned.
The bi-communal project, a cooperation between the sewage authorities from North- and South-Nicosia, with an investment of approximately 25 million EUR (plus approximately 20 million EUR for operation) will have a capacity of 30,000 m³ per day, enough to cater for 270,000 residents. Due to the strict discharge values to be adhered to, the sewage is purified using a membrane component (MBR; membrane bioreactor process) so that the purified water can be reused for other purposes, such as irrigation. Once it has been completed, the Mia Milia/Haspolat waste water treatment plant will be one of the largest MBR facilities in Europe. WTE is also constructing the sludge treatment facilities, including the digestion, which includes a system to capture biogas. The biogas is then used in combined heat and power plants to generate energy and heat.
As a result of WTE's completion of construction of the waste water treatment plant in Anthoupolis in Nicosia and its operation of it since the start of 2008, as well as two planned facilities in Northern Cyprus, WTE can make use of extensive experience in the Republic of Cyprus and thus continue to expand its market presence in Cyprus. In addition, WTE has far-reaching experience in the implementation of major water supply projects, through having built and operated numerous drinking water and sewage management facilities in places such as Zagreb, Vienna and Kaunas. WTE is currently building new facilities in locations including Istanbul, Moscow and Warsaw.