Oman Farms to ​Go Green on ​Recycled Water ​

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Oman Farms to ​Go Green on ​Recycled Water ​

Haya Water’s ambitious multi-billion-rial water recycle system will give a fresh boost to the Sultanate’s agriculture sector and can create more wetlands that are key to its environment.

By  Jeta Pillai

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While 3,000 cubic metres of treated water is sent daily into Al Ansab wetlands, an important stop for migrating birds, the company has the capability to create more water bodies, a top official said.

Haya Water CEO Hussain Hassan Ali Abdul Hussain told Oman Tribune that the company had completed a good number of projects.  “Ventures worth 500 million rials were completed, partially completed projects involved 250 million rials and ongoing projects were of around 250 million rials and we still need to probably spend another 2-3 billion rials for Muscat,” he said.

Currently 30 to 40 per cent of treated effluent is discharged into the sea as there was no treated effluent network, which was still being built, and also there were not enough customers, he said.

For Muscat area, Haya treats 140,000 cubic metres of sewage daily and produces 135,000 cubic metres of treated effluent. Following an agreement with Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources, Haya has taken up sewage treatment in the interiors. In the other regions Haya processes 60,000 cubic metres per day and includes facilities taken over from the ministry and Sohar Municipality.

 

Source: Oman Tribune

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