VA Tech WABAG to set up effluent treatment plant along with sewage facility in UP

Water treatment company VA Tech WABAG Ltd has bagged Rs 520 crore order from Jajmau Tannery Effluent Treatment Association for setting up a common effluent treatment plant in Uttar Pradesh, the company said Thursday. The scope of the project includes engineering, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance of a 20 MLD common effluent treatment plant along with treated sewage dilution facility for Jajmau leather cluster, Uttar Pradesh, city-based company said in a statement.

The construction of the plant would be funded under the Namami Gange Scheme and the operation and maintenance would be self-financed by the Jajmau Tannery Effluent Treatment Association. The scope of the project is over a period of 24 months and the CETP scheme includes pre-treatment, sulphide removal, de-nitrification, two-stage extended aeration and tertiary treatment consisting of clarification, quartz filtration and ultra-filtration. The order reinforces WABAG's position in the industrial segment and vision to create a healthier and cleaner environment, it added.