North Gaza WWTP buildings completed as commissioning begins

Construction of several buildings at the North Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant is complete, providing the starting point for commissioning and the preparations for final handover of the NGEST works.

Construction of several buildings at the North Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant has been completed. Their completion is the starting point for the commissioning process and for the preparations for final handover of the works.

The plant is being built for the Palestinian Water Authority under the World Bank-funded NGEST project to treat the wastewater of Jabalia, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun. It is designed for 35,600 m³/day using activated sludge with nitrogen removal, with sludge thickening, two anaerobic digesters and dewatering, biogas energy recovery, and treated effluent discharged to nine infiltration basins that recharge the aquifer.

MACC's contract covers the civil works for all treatment units, the buildings, infrastructure and internal roads, and the installation of the electromechanical works.