MACC completes the civil works phase of the Central Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant

MACC has completed the civil works phase of the new Central Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant at Buriej, built under Contract 1 of the KfW-funded Gaza Central Wastewater Project for CMWU.

By the end of December 2018, MACC had completed the civil works phase of the Central Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant at Buriej. All concrete structures and buildings are now in place: the treatment tanks, the anaerobic digesters, the two-storey operations building with its laboratory and control room, the workshop, the pump house and the administration buildings.

The plant is being built under Contract 1 of the KfW-funded Gaza Central Wastewater Project for the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility, under supervision by Dorsch International Consultants. Phase 1 treats 60,000 m³/day using conventional activated sludge, with anaerobic digesters, biogas CHP generators and belt-press dewatering, on a site designed for an eventual 180,000 m³/day.

The civil works included excavation of 186,377 m³, soil replacement of 135,000 m³ and about 21,000 m² of asphalt roads and interlock paving. With the structures complete, work moves on to the electromechanical installation and the Wadi Gaza Central Pumping Station.