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.
German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dirk Niebel visited the KfW-funded Gaza Central Sewerage Project on 15 November 2011 and was received at a ceremony at the Sheikh Ajleen site.
MACC cast about 800 m³ of reinforced concrete on 18 May 2011 for the first stage of the activated sludge building footing at the North Gaza WWTP, ahead of the planned time.
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 signed Contract 2 of the Gaza Central Wastewater Project Emergency Works Programme with CMWU in Ramallah on 5 October 2010, adding the civil works to the supply contract signed in June.
MACC signed the contract for the construction of the Amer sewage pumping station with the Palestinian Water Authority's Project Management Unit, a Sida-funded station of 1,200 m³/h in Jabalia.
MACC has completed all site mobilisation works for the supply and installation of the North Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant, clearing the way for construction to begin under the NGEST project.