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Key facts
- Project
- NGEST – Supply and Installation of Plant and Equipment, North Gaza WWTP
- Client
- Palestinian Water Authority (PWA)
- Funded by
- World Bank
- Location
- Beit Lahia, North Gaza
- Milestone
- Digester footings cast
MACC and the Palestinian Water Authority marked the casting of the digester building footings at the North Gaza WWTP, poured in two stages of 680 m³ and 689 m³ in December 2010 and January 2011.
MACC and the Palestinian Water Authority, with a group of engineers from the project, celebrated the casting of the footings of the digester building at the North Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant. The footings were poured in two stages: 680 m³ on 28 December 2010 and 689 m³ on 19 January 2011. Two concrete suppliers worked together so that each pour could be completed on the planned day without interruption.
The digester building is one of the largest structures built in the Gaza Strip. It will house the plant's two anaerobic digesters of 4,800 m³ each, which stabilise the sludge and produce biogas for cogeneration, covering about 60% of the plant's power demand. The 35,600 m³/day plant is being built under the World Bank-funded NGEST project to serve Jabalia, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun.
Pours of this size are uncommon in Gaza, and completing them on programme confirms the site team's capacity to deliver the heavy civil works that the plant requires.