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sete e , a member of the mul -tinational Latsis Group of compa -nies, is a leading BO(O)T developer,EPC and O&M contractor in SaudiArabias water treatment sector in -cluding desalination (RO, MED and

KWt g , the leading penstocksuppliers from The Netherlands,have been selected as supplier of allstainless steel penstocks for the HafrAl-Batin water treatment plant expan -sion (phase 1) in Saudi Arabia.

Hafr Al-Batin is a Saudi Arabian cityin the Eastern Province and locatedin the Northeastern region, some 480km to the north of Riyadh. Phase 1,as part of a series of 3, of the water

MSF), industrial wastewater treat -ment, oily-water separation, andsteam generation. SETE Energy supports water treat -ment operations and supply require -

ments of key industrial, re ning,petrochemical infrastructure andcommunities.Most recently SETE Energy has de -livered the 52,250 m 3/day SWROplant for SAUDI ARAMCO at KingAbdullah University for Science andTechnology (KAUST) in additionto commencing the 20-year O&Mof SETE Energys 35,000 m 3/dayBOOT SWRO plant at King Abdu -laziz International Airport in Jeddah(both pictured). In June 2009 SETEEnergy also signed the contract forthe expansion of MARAFIQs Indus -trial Wastewater Treatment Plant atJubail Industrial City by 55,000 m 3/ day. The companys clients include SAUDIARAMCO, PetroRabigh, MARAFIQ,Al-Khafji Joint Operations, GACA,and other institutional entities.SETE Energy is an Associate Spon -sor of the Saudi Water & Power Fo -rum 2009.

treatment plant has started and soonall water management systems,among them the penstocks, will beimplemented. The Ministry of Waterand Electricity has commissionedSaudi Designers Consultants andEngineers to design a water treat -ment plant to produce drinking waterfrom wells for Hafr Al-Batin City witha capacity of 20,000 m 3/day. Thepeak ow per phase has been xedat 413 m 3/sec (1487 m 3/h).

The construction will be done bySaudi Al-Terais Trading, Industrial

Contractors Ltd. The total value ofthe entire expansion contract will beUS$9.3 million.

KWT Group, through their nationalrepresentative, Soroof Aqua Solu -tions (SAS) from Khobar, has beenselected as supplier for all 12 pen -stocks. KWT chose to submit itssuccessful 2008 design, the KSA-MD-RVS with non-rising stem, en -gineered to withstand a challenging20 mwc (2.0 bar) of operating waterpressure.

The installation supervision will beperformed by SAS as part of their fullscope of supply.

KWT is proud to be a partner of SASin this project which is a rst successafter KWT Group was approved bythe Ministry of Water and Electricityin the course of 2009.