Wastewater Treatment Plant In

Middle East
By
Zaher Hussein Ali
Definition
Wastewater treatment plant : a place where water is
made safe to use , wastewater is filtered several
times and the germs left in the water is killed.
The types of wastewater treatment plant are:
Sewage treatment treatment and disposal of
human waste.
Industrial wastewater treatment the treatment of
wet wastes from manufacturing industry and
commerce including mining, quarrying and heavy
industries.

Agricultural wastewater treatment treatment
and disposal of liquid animal waste, pesticide
residues etc. from agriculture.
Radioactive waste treatment the treatment and
containment of radioactive waste

Sewage Treatment
is the process of removing contaminants from
wastewater and household sewage, both runoff
(effluents) and domestic. It includes physical, chemical,
and biological processes to remove physical, chemical
and biological contaminants. Its objective is to produce
a waste stream (or treated effluent) and a solid waste or
sludge suitable for discharge or reuse back into the
environment. This material is often inadvertently
contaminated with many toxic organic and inorganic
compounds.
Industrial wastewater treatment
covers the mechanisms and processes used to treat
waters that have been contaminated in some way by
anthropogenic industrial
Most industries produce some wet waste although
recent trends in the developed world have been to
minimize such production or recycle such waste
within the production process. However, many
industries remain dependent on processes that
produce wastewaters
Agricultural wastewater treatment
relates to the treatment of wastewaters produced
in the course of agricultural activities.
Agriculture is a highly intensified industry in
many parts of the world, producing a range of
wastewaters requiring a variety of treatment
technologies and management practices.
Radioactive waste
is a waste product containing radioactive material. It
is usually the product of a nuclear process such as
nuclear fission. However, industries not directly
connected to the nuclear industry may produce
quantities of radioactive waste. The majority of
radioactive waste is "low-level waste", meaning it
contains low levels of radioactivity per mass or
volume. This type of waste often consists of used
protective clothing, which is only lightly
contaminated but still dangerous in case of
radioactive contamination of a human body through
ingestion, inhalation, absorption, or injection
Some examples of wastewater
treatment plant in middle east are:
As-Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant in
Jordan
Fallujah Sewerage System, Iraq
Population Served: 140.000
WTP Treatment Capacity 40.000 m/day
Pumping Station Rated Capacity 150.000
m/day
Aeration Tank Diameter 65m

Sharjah Wastewater Treatment Works
Extension, UAE
Additional treatment capacity 37,400m/day
Geographical area served Sharjah City

Al Sulaibiya Wastewater Treatment
Plant/Kuwait



As-Samra Wastewater Treatment
This was the first successful project on BOT( Build-
Operate-Transfer ) basis in Jordan
The plant will serve two million Jordanians, help improve
the health of the local population, and substantially
increase water availability for use in agriculture in the
Amman and Zarqa regions
the facility will treat 267,000 cubic meters of wastewater
per day. Ownership of the plant will transfer to the
Government of Jordan after 25 years. The total budget
for the project is $169 million, almost half of which has
come from USAID ($78.1 million).
This project the first public-private partnership for a
wastewater treatment facility in the Middle East
As-Samra consists of :
Head works and septage handling facilities Ain-Ghazal
pre treatment plant which receives wastewater flow
from Amman area
Zarka pumping station
Hashimiya pumping station which discharges directly
into inlet structure at As-Samra
As-Asamra facility which consists of an inlet
structure, three trains of stabilization ponds
wach consisting of two anaerobic, four
facultative and four maturation ponds and
disinfecting facilities.
In 1993 the hydraulic load averaged about
124263m/day compared with a design flow of
68,000m/day in1985 ,after development the
plant the flow reached 268,000m/day
Al Sulaibiya Wastewater Treatment
Plant/Kuwait
Plant type
Reverse osmosis (RO) and ultra-filtration (UF) membrane-based
water purification of wastewater
Plant output
Potable quality water for non-potable uses in agriculture, industry
and aquifer recharge
Input feed 375,000m/day
Output product 311,250m/day
Waste 63,750m/day
Water recovery efficiency 85% (RO phase), 83% (overall)
Future expansion design potential 600,000m/day (input feed)

Sulaibiya plant is the largest of its kind in the
world and is expected to reduce Kuwait's use of
non-renewable water by more than 80% overall.
With an initial daily capacity of up to 375,000m -
and designed for extension to 600,000m/d in the
future - Sulaibiya treats wastewater to potable
quality for non-potable uses in agriculture,
industry and aquifer recharge
Although the product water is destined for non-
potable uses, it is treated to potable quality. The
UF system achieves total removal of suspended
solids and virtually eliminates bacteria and viruses.