Ras Al Khaimah, April 28: The new water recycling and treatment plant in the Al Ghail Industrial Park in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) will help promote agriculture in addition to solving the water problems in the area.
The Dh7.3 million facility will be able to process upto 2,000 cubic metres of water per day which would be filtered for use in irrigation in the farms for at least three years as per its design.
The facility was opened by Shaikh Mohammed bin Saud Al Qasimi, son of Shaikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy RAK.
The highly advanced project will also process up to 1,000 cubic metres of the purified water using the reverse osmosis (RO) wastewater recycling and treatment plant to recycle waste water for industrial usage.
The water recycling plant has been set up by the Government of Ras Al Khaimah represented by the RAKIA, Al Ghurair and Hitachi Plant Technologies, Japan.
“The main objective of the project is to provide the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah with the best sustainable, environmental and economical wastewater recycling and treatment solution,” said Essa Al Ghurair, Vice Chairman, Al Ghurair.
The project was funded by the Japanese Government Research and Development Organisation NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation) as a research project for wastewater recycling and treatment in the Emirate. Tadahisa Okabe, Director General, Environment Technology Development Department, NEDO, said, “The project at Al Ghail Industrial Park is NEDO’s first demonstration project in the UAE using Japan’s advanced water treatment technology.
The systems installed under this project are expected to reduce energy requirement for water treatment by more than 30 per cent while providing secure water supply.”
Manabu Shimokawa, Vice President and Executive Officer, Hitachi Plant Technologies, said, “Designed to achieve the stringent quality standards laid down internationally for unrestricted public access irrigation, the wastewater recycling and treatment process will consistently produce a treated effluent suitable for industrial and irrigation purposes.”
Takeshi Yoshida, Chief Representative of NEDO, said $4.5 million has been invested in the plant’s design, construction and operation for the first three years. He noted that the plant was designed and built in four months at a cost of Dh7.3million ($2million).
–Agencies