01 July 2013
AROUND 95 per cent of Bahrain’s population is connected to sanitary services as of this year, a high percentage compared to advanced countries, said the Ministry of Works (MoW).
This will increase to 100 per cent by 2020, according to the masterplan.
Bahrain is working on a number of strategic projects in the sanitary services sector. Topping the list is the Muharraq sewage treatment plant (STP) project. This is in addition to the expansion of Tubli STP to a daily capacity of 400,000 cu m. A number of plants such as the Sitra STP and Al Maameer Industrial Plant and others have already been constructed.
These and other future sanitary projects including a number of STPs, networks, and operation and maintenance of facilities from 2010 until 2030, will cost BD1.5 billion ($4 billion), said Khalifa Al Mansoor, the MoW’s Sanitary Engineering assistant undersecretary.