General Information
- Proyect: Katameya WWTP
- Entity: Construction Authority for Potable Water and Wastewater (CAPW)
- Contract Award: ACCIONA – HASSAM ALLAM - GINZA
- Location: New Cairo, Egypt
- Capacity:
- Flow: 120,000 m3/d,
- Population: 800,000
Key points
- Wastewater inflow from New Cairo Area
- Activated Sludge Plant
- The resulting water is pumped for irrigation
Plant description:
- 6 income points with automatic screens
- 3 de-sanding and de-greasing tanks
- 6 primary decanters
- Biological Reactor with recirculation, which include nitrificaition and de-nitrification, with biological elimination of nitrogen
- Distribution Station
- 6 Secondary decanters
- Tertiary treatment to reutilize waste water (irrigation) through sand filtration including a clean water tank
- Disinfection (chlorination)
- Sludge Treatment: homogenisation, stabilization, and moisture and solids removal before dumps disposal
- Control equipment to enabling the plant to operate automatically