Lantania has secured a contract to construct a biosolids treatment facility in NEOM, situated in northwest Saudi Arabia. The infrastructure, water, and energy group has entered into a turnkey (EPC) agreement for the design, construction, and commissioning of a biosolids treatment plant, along with an innovation center and a demonstration center.
During the contract award ceremony in NEOM, Gavin van Tonder, Managing Director of NEOM Water, welcomed Lantania’s Water CEO Pedro Almagro, Water Bid Director David Garzón, Project Director Ziad Germani, Middle East General Manager Michael Wafaa, Tawzea’s CEO Mohammed Halawani, and Business Development Director Paulo Resede.
In collaboration with the Saudi firm Tawzea, Lantania will create a facility utilizing a Sequential Biological Reactor (SBR) for water treatment and solar drying to process sludge from a nearby wastewater recycling plant.
The innovation center will focus on testing new technologies for wastewater and biosolids treatment and recovery, featuring four test benches, two laboratories, and extra space for evaluating other emerging technologies.
An architecturally designed biosolids demonstration center will include a visitor center with exhibition areas, reception and viewing spaces, testing zones, a greenhouse, laboratories, and support facilities.
NEOM project will be Lantania’s third in Saudi Arabia
The NEOM project marks Lantania’s third venture in Saudi Arabia. As part of the Al-Badaa Water Recycling Plant upgrade, this biosolids complex follows the company’s completion of the Jubail 3 A desalination plant last year, one of the largest reverse osmosis seawater desalination plants globally, producing 600,000 m³/day of drinking water for 1.6 million residents across Eastern, Riyadh, and Oassim provinces.
The Jubail facility sources seawater from the Arabian Gulf and operates at an energy consumption rate of less than 2.8 kWh per cubic meter, setting a new benchmark for efficiency and sustainability in desalination.
Lantania also designed, supplied equipment, and commissioned a wastewater treatment plant for the Red Sea Project, a developing tourist city on Saudi Arabia’s west coast.
This facility will have the capacity to treat up to 16,000 m³/day of wastewater through 46 hectares of artificial wetlands, ensuring a reliable water supply for irrigation in the region.
Source :Lantania
