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Petroleum Development Oman<br />

<strong>Estate</strong> <strong>Service</strong>s <strong>Asset</strong><br />

Environmental Assessment<br />

2002 Review and Update<br />

• Sewage Effluent:<br />

<strong>PDO</strong> have developed a strategy to select the wastewater treatment technology for<br />

various operations across the company. The strategy uses the population size of each<br />

camp as a basis for selecting a wastewater treatment option. This approach is<br />

summarised in the flowchart shown in below:<br />

DOMESTIC WASTEWATER<br />

MANAGEMENT STRATEGY<br />

LESS THAN 150<br />

PEOPLE<br />

GREATER THAN 150<br />

PEOPLE<br />

SEPTIC TANK PERMANENT STP MOBILE STP<br />

Effluent to be<br />

discharged to a soak-away<br />

pit approved by<br />

MRME&WR<br />

Permit to discharge obtained<br />

from MRME&WR stating<br />

treatment capacity and<br />

treatment standard<br />

Effective for use<br />

in temporary<br />

camps or mobile<br />

camps<br />

Effluent from holding tanks<br />

shall be removed by tanker<br />

to a disposal location<br />

approved by MRME&WR<br />

Plant to be monitored<br />

following daily and weekly<br />

monitoring regime as stated<br />

in Permit to Discharge<br />

Permanent STP<br />

Management to<br />

be applied<br />

Must be located 50 m from<br />

any public water source or<br />

falaj and at least 15 m from<br />

any private well<br />

Plant to be operated<br />

according to operation to<br />

meet the standards set in<br />

MD145/93<br />

• Storm Water Runoff:<br />

There are no legal requirements with respect to the discharge of storm water runoff<br />

uncontaminated by hydrocarbons. Potentially hydrocarbon contaminated storm water<br />

runoff shall be segregated and treated to the standards specified for on land discharge<br />

or marine disposal.<br />

• On Land Discharge:<br />

The following are <strong>PDO</strong>’s standards for on land discharge and re-use of treated<br />

wastewater, which are the same as Omani standards (MD145/93 and RD 115/2001).<br />

©HMR Environmental Engineering Consultants C2- 6<br />

Oman’s Environmental Consultancy<br />

HMR\1501\<strong>Estate</strong> <strong>Service</strong>

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