Estate Service Asset - PDO
Estate Service Asset - PDO
Estate Service Asset - PDO
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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 />
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