BizBahrain Magazine Sep-Oct 2017

Free Hotline Service for
NIHR
The National Institution for Human
Rights (NIHR) has stated the new
communication centre to receive
complaints and queries on the free
hotline number 80001144.
NIHR Acting Secretary General Dr.
Khalifa Ali Al Fadhel said the service
is part of the institution’s keenness to
upgrade its communication mechanisms
with people in Bahrain to ensure utmost
protection of human rights. He called on
the service users not to hesitate to lodge
any complaint with the institution by
calling the hotline throughout the week,
except Friday and Saturday, from 8 a.m
to 3 p.m.
It is also possible to communicate
with NIHR via its website or social media
(Instagram, Twitter) to reply to any
complaints or related queries.
BD31m Sewage Plant Close
to Completion
The BD31 million Sewage Treatment
Plant and Long Sea Outfalls project
at Al Madina Al Shamaliya, is one of the
biggest sewage treatment projects in
the Kingdom, is equipped with tertiary
treatment (final filtration) and sludge
treatment using aerobic digestion and
thermal drying is nearing completion.
The project is being implemented by
VA Tech Wabag Limited in cooperation
with the Housing Ministry. The 40,000
cubic metre-a-day project was awarded
to Wabag in 2015.
“The project, which allows the
purified water to be reused for the entire
irrigation water requirements for all
13 islands is in the advanced stages of
construction after completing close to
20,000m3 of concrete works and 4.5km
of pipe laying works, including 1.2km
offshore works, for the Long Sea Outfall,”
Rajiv Mittal, Group CEO and Managing
Director of VA Tech Wabag Limited said.
Rajiv Mittal revealed that Wabag
will run the facility and its maintenance
for a period of 10 years for the Works,
Municipalities Affairs and Urban
Planning Ministry.
The project includes a terminal lift
pumping station to receive sewage from
the Island’s deep gravity sewer network,
which will then be screened and fed
to a biological treatment mechanism.
This involves removing nutrients
before passing it through disc filters for
tertiary treatment which also removes
helminths eggs. The sludge, a by-product
of the process, will be aerobically
digested and treated in a diesel fired
dryer before placing it equally in 25kg
bags for distribution. There is also a
provision to run the entire plant on
diesel generators in case of a power
failure.
The BD208 million Al Madina Al
Shamaliya (AMAS) is a mixed-use
development project creating a new
urban town located on reclaimed land
off the northern coast of the Kingdom.
The project is expected to deliver
around 4000 residential units under
an affordable-housing scheme by the
Ministry of Housing. Foundation stone
of the project, funded by the Abu Dhabi
Fund for Economic Development (ADFD),
was laid by the Prime Minister HRH
Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa in
the 2000.
54 million m3 Water used
for Farming in 2016
Water used for agricultural purposes
in 2016 was amounted to 54 million
cubic metres, said Shawqi Al Mandeel,
Sanitary Engineering Operation &
Maintenance Director of the Ministry of
Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban
Planning.
Treated sewage water is being used
for irrigation purposes at public parks,
landscaping, industry, construction
and other purposes, in accordance
to environmental requirements and
the possibility of using treated water
in coordination with the concerned
authorities. Tubli Sewage Treatment
Plant receives the treated water tankers
belonging to farms every week, which
they distribute free of charge to those
wishing to benefit from it in agriculture.
As for water produced at plants and
is used for agricultural purposes and
landscaping, Tubli Sewage Treatment
Plant last year produced 53 million
cubic meters, while North Sitra Plant
produced 237,000m3. Muharraq Sewage
Treatment Plant produced 246,000m3,
the University of Bahrainproduced
167,000m3, while Hamala Plant produced
183,000m3, and Jaw Plant produced
29,000m3. All flows were used for the
irrigation of green spaces.
Al Mandeel stressed that treatment
systems used in all plants are
considered to be the latest globally
recognized treatment systems that
produce high quality waters. The
plants are operated through the remote
control system (ESCADA), where the
Ministry managed to reduce pressure
on its plants by the adoption of modern
treatment systems and the expansion of
some plants.
Treated water produced by the 12
plants using the tri-treatment method is
considered to be one of the best available
treatment methods, which conform
to the specifications determined and
approved by the Ministry of Health.
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