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Water treatment player VA Tech WABAG has secured a consortium order worth USD 371 million (about Rs 3,251 crore) from Al Haer Environmental Services Company at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The order is for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a 200 MLD Independent Sewage Treatment Plant (ISTP), including connections to outfall delivery facilities, WABAG said in a statement on Sunday. This ISTP is being developed by a consortium of Miahona Company (lead), Marafiq, and N.V. Besix S.A. for its off-taker, the Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), it said, adding that SWPC is the principal off-taker for water and wastewater projects in Saudi Arabia. Early this year, WABAG secured an engineering and procurement order of a 20 MLD industrial wastewater treatment plant at Ras Tanura Refinery Complex, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where Miahona Company is the project developer, it said. This ISTP is part of the Kingdom's 'Vision 2030', which aims to provide reliable sewage treatment
Water treatment player VA Tech WABAG Ltd has bagged an order worth Rs 1,000 crore from Indosol Solar Pvt Ltd to set up a sea water desalination plant, marking its foray into the solar photo-voltaic segment. According to the city-headquartered firm, the scope of the order includes engineering, procurement, design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the 100 million litre per day sea water desalination plant at the company's solar photo-voltaic manufacturing facility in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. The project would be executed over a 38-month period and it would be followed by a 15-year Operation and Maintenance contract, the company said in statement on Tuesday. "This mega order marks WABAG's entry into the Solar PV sector which is a key segment for the future. WABAG's technological expertise, proven track record and competitive pricing enabled us to offer lowest life-cycle cost of water for Indosol Water," said VA Tech Wabag India Cluster, Head-Desalination, Saravana