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Supplement: Gulf Wastewater
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Bahrain calls on private finance for wastewater funding
The Bahraini government is turning to the private sector for help with funding wastewater projects, with the development of a plant at Al-Dur acting as a template for future schemes -
Doha invests in boosting wastewater capacity
With a rapidly growing population and a buoyant economy, Qatar is investing heavily in improving its wastewater infrastructure, planning a series of new facilities along with upgrades to existing plants -
Gulf wastewater: A regional projects guide
With the population of the GCC growing at a rate of about 3.4 per cent a year, there is increasing pressure on the region’s wastewater treatment plants, many of which are working well above their design capacity. -
Kuwait relieving pressure on the wastewater system
With the country’s ageing wastewater network struggling to cope with increasing demand, the government is planning to install 800,000 cubic metres a day of treatment capacity by 2015 -
Muscat modernises the wastewater network
The five government bodies responsible for the wastewater sector in Oman are building a series of treatment plants across the country, as the state moves away from a reliance on septic tanks -
Population growth puts strain on Emirates sewerage systems
The seven emirates of the UAE all have projects to increase wastewater treatment capacity as population growth puts increasing strain on their sewerage systems -
Project cash begins to flow for wastewater schemes
Countries across the region have plans to expand their wastewater treatment facilities. And with the project finance market picking up, many of these schemes are making progress -
Saudi Arabia tests case for wastewater privatisation
The public-private partnership approach adopted for the Riyadh and Jeddah wastewater networks is a model for the development of the sector in Saudi Arabia, with similar schemes planned across the country
