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6. Ministry of Regional Municipalities
Eng. Abdul Hakim Al-Zadjani, Director General Technical affairs
Date: 26.09.07 at 12:00 h
A. Basis for the meeting
Subject: Biogas
Questions related to biogas
1. Information on landfills: locations, size, depth, age, type of content
2. Locations of industries generating waste water (e.g. food industry, palm oil
and slaughter houses)
3. Locations of major farms and number/type of animals
4. Data on waste water from the industries with effluents with high organic
content (solid organic material after vaporisation)
5. Locations waste water treatment plants and amount of flow of biological
waste water
6. Legislation regarding handling of waste water
7. Previous reports on the landfills and biogas potential in Oman
General
1. Attitude to include renewable energy supply in the plans
B. Comments received
MRM operates around 300 trop-off sites for domestic waste. A new landfill is planned
for Sur with the local Municipality of Sur. A similar project will be established in Adan
area in 2009 (Dakhla region). 8 major locations with 7000 m3/day are: Sur, Ibra,
Sumail, Nizwa, Ibri, Saham, Rustakh, Khasab and Barka.
The waste treatment plants in all other cities (approximately 75) are very small and
have capacity between 120 and 200 m3/day.
Data about the food industry, slaughter houses etc. have to be collected from the
Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Further information about waste of farms,
numbers of animals and so on can be collected from the Ministry of Agriculture.
Industrial waste is not under the responsibility of MRM.
Regarding the handling of waste, the legislation for OWWC and MRM are identical.
Regarding landfill no reports are available and no studies are done right now.
Positivity about renewables. Eng. Abdul Hakim Al-Zadjani mentioned to visit the
oldest wind powered water pump in Oman in Matrah (Muscat) which was installed
between 50 to 60 years ago.
C. Documents received - No documents received