WABAG gets repeat order for Jamnagar desalination plant

07 Jul 2022 CW Team

Water treatment player VA Tech Wabag (WABAG) has secured a repeat order worth about Rs 430 crore from Reliance Industries (RIL) for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a 53 MLD desalination plant at Jamnagar, Gujarat.

The EPC scope of work under this order includes design, engineering, procurement, supply, construction, erection, pre-commissioning, commissioning and performance guarantee test run of the Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) plant, slated to be built in the premises of RIL’s refinery at Jamnagar, Gujarat.

WABAG has already executed a 24 MLD SWRO plant in the same premises, the company noted. This plant, which is scheduled to be completed over a 21-month period, will employ pre-treatment in the form of lamella clarification, filtration and ultrafiltration, followed by reverse osmosis technologies to convert seawater into process water.

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