Targeting further opportunities in the Middle East water and wastewater systems sector

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PASSAVANT ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Welcome to the special supplement about Passavant Energy & Environment (formerly Passavant – Roediger) GmbH, a global specialist engineering, procurement construction (EPC) provider of turnkey waste water treatment plants, drinking water structures and industrial process water plants, as well as sludge and solid waste treatment plants, including biogas treatment and energy recovery. With the rapid growth in population, infrastructure and industrial sector, the quantity of wastewater produced is increasing rapidly in the Middle East. Given the water scarcity in the region and considering the global emphasis on preserving the environment and key resources such as water, there is a growing need for water, wastewater and solid waste treatment and green energy technologies in the Middle East.

Passavant Energy & Environment’s core expertise lies in a principle understanding of the basic principles behind environmental treatment and energy recovery technologies, conventional and advanced. Their highly regarded sludge digestion technology is an example of such and has been adopted by hundreds of waste water treatment plants all over the world for more than 150 years.

The organisation has advanced research and development centers for wastewater, water and sludge treatment, providing unparalleled solutions including:

Raw Water Treatment; Desalination/ Demineralization; Ground Water and Surface Water treatment; Treatment of Residues; Municipal wastewater treatment; Industrial wastewater treatment; Sludge treatment; Mechanical & Biological Waste Treatment. Additionally, the organization has recently enhanced its in-house abilities regarding green technologies, building on its long history with biogas energy generation.

Passavant Energy & Environment can assume complete responsibility of projects, from the initial feasibility study to full turnkey plant installation and operation. With an unmatched history in delivering projects globally, the company is equipped to select the best treatment process and the most appropriate equipment to meet clients’ full requirements. Passavant Energy & Environment operates on achieving operational efficiency and long-term profitability for the benefit of the community, environment, clients and end-users. Key advantages are : State-of-the-art, reliable plants that play a vital role in the conservation of natural resources;

comprehensive treatment to enable safe re-use of the valuable water and energy resources; customized process technologies for each step of treatment or processing.

Headquartered in Germany, Passavant Energy & Environment has a long history of developing new technologies in the fields of effluent and sludge treatment and recovery of bio-energy and has a proven track record of assuming EPC contracting roles on municipal, industrial projects, delivering turnkey and large-scale treatment plants. The organisation has been proactive in leading the trends of the industry and the evolution of clients’ demands in municipal and industrial wastewater treatment which has made it a worldwide leader in water reuse and sludge treatment technologies. The company offers advanced Municipal Wastewater and Sludge Treatment technologies with the unique ability to develop customized solutions for every stage of the process including the mechanical, biological and clarification stages, plus solutions for reuse applications like irrigation and

Advanced Passavant Technology • MembraneBio Reactor(MBR)• MovingBedBiofilm Reactor(MBBR)• SequencingBatch Reactors(SBR)• ActivatedSludgeStage

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agriculture, and energy generation from recovered biogas. Industrial wastewater treatment is complex and challenging, and Passavant Energy & Environment’s well-honed portfolio of physical-chemical processes for the treatment of industrial wastewater can offer a variety of ways to separate solids from liquids and their patented technologies and systems are adept at removing dissolved organic and inorganic deposits from wastewater, as well as recovering the inherent green energy within the waste streams.

Passavant Energy & Environment’s Water Treatment solutions are capable of realizing steady and secure water supply, scaling and adapting to the nature of source origin, including Surface water, Ground or spring water; Industrial or Process Water; Brackish Water; Seawater. With focus on sustainable reuse and recycling, Passavant Energy & Environment undertakes specific analysis to create a water treatment solution to realize desired quality of water and ensure a continuous supply Passavant is in the forefront of developing anaerobic Sludge stabilization technology and equipment, and is considered widely as a leader in the design and optimization of sludge digestion which is now considered an integral part of waste reuse projects. With proven technology, as witnessed at Shanghai Bailonggang – the world’s largest sludge treatment plant at the time of its construction, the company has had great success in sludge treatment having been involved in global projects of varying sizes and complexity. The company’s unique

designs are able to treat biological waste and biogas to derive energy for generating electricity that can be fed into the bio waste treatment plant itself. This also opens up the possibility of feeding the surplus electricity back into the national energy grids.

With its well-proven technology (over 1,500 installations worldwide) Passavant Energy & Environment helps waste treatment plants segregate toxic non-recyclable elements from waste and also generates electricity as an end product. The patented waste treatment process involves the waste being fed into a mechanical sorting and separation phase, which splits the waste stream into an organic rich waste component (which can be used for anaerobic digestion) and an inorganic component (consisting of glass, metal and plastics), which are sent to recycling plants. The organic waste is converted into fertilizer for use in agriculture and forestry through Passavant Energy & Environment’s sludge digestion technology. The liquid by product is treated using a high-end treatment process for reuse on site. In effect, Passavant Energy & Environment’s highly efficient sludge treatment processes lead to a zero liquid-waste discharge facility, by utilizing renewable energy and rendering all plant output as re-usable products, whether water, energy or fertilizer or recyclables.

Passavant Energy & Environment is constantly developing and creating its own technologies which have been field tested extensively and proven to deliver results in different environments around the world. Two of the vaunted technologies include:

Sequential Gas Lance Mixing System: Passavant innovated the technique of injecting gas directly above the digester bottom, via flexible insert lances, a method which delivers two crucial advantages of preventing buildup of deposits even in shallow digester bottoms and eliminating the need for continuous operation of the mixing system which brings down operation costs.

Turbo-LME Process: One of the biggest challenges in water treatment and purification is to produce flocs that can be separated from water using sedimentation. Passavant’s unique multi-chamber flocculation, combined with a lamella separator, achieves optimal sludge concentration by thickening the separated floc in a single column. The unique lamella geometry creates a high quality of effluent that was not achievable previously.

Passavant Energy & Environment’s custom-made Sludge digestion components and spare parts are produced at their state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and in-house experts conduct on-site tests for efficiency and performance of the systems in real world scenarios. Passavant is constantly engaged in researching new breakthroughs and developments for better water treatment standards, and is well equipped to undertake full responsibility for the operation and maintenance of treatment plants, focusing on preventive maintenance and efficient after-sales service for efficient operations.

With a well-recognised knowledge base, Passavant Energy & Environment has also tied up with the German Federal Ministry for Research & Development, the German Water Association and renowned Technical Universities and Research Institutes to focus on its R&D initiatives and incorporate this research into its projects for delivering the benefits of cutting edge technology to clients.

CompleteSludgetreatmentsolutions• Thickening• Dewatering• Stabilisation• Degassing• AerobicandAnaerobic digestion• Hygenisation/ Pasteurisation• SludgeDrying• SludgeIncineration· CHPunits· GasStorageand utilisation· ElectricityGeneration· HeatGeneration· EnergyRecovery

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Waste & Recycling Middle East speaks to Managing Director Dr. Mazen Bachir about EPC opportunities, projects and plans for Passavant Energy & Environment in the Middle East

Sharing his views on the EPC opportunities in biogas energy, waste, drinking and waste water over the next decade, Dr. Bachir says the Middle East’s energy sector is experiencing a surge in its water and renewable energy investment with nearly 100 projects, worth US$32.7 billion, initiated in 2013. Several governments are ramping up efforts to invest more in natural resources capacity as population in the Middle East is expected to grow by 31% by 2025, reaching 500 million, putting a significant strain on dwindling water resources. “Water is very scarce in the Middle East, resulting in significant investment in water infrastructure and non-traditional water technologies such as desalination and wastewater re-use – of which the region is emerging as a world leader. So we see tremendous opportunities for EPC specialists in this sector over the next decade.”

The region with less than one percent world’s available water holds five percent of the world population, and water scarcity is a major threat for food security and political stability. “Much of the water crisis is caused by the way it is used. More than 89% of MENA’s withdrawn water is allocated to

agriculture and only 11% to municipal and industrial uses. Alleviation of the water scarcity implies reallocation of freshwater from agricultural to domestic and industrial uses. There is a lot more that needs to be done in this regard, though the UAE has been pro-active in setting up wastewater treatment plants,” he states.

In Dr. Bachir’s view, the reclaimed-wastewater and sludge biogas energy market in the MENA countries is unbalanced, i.e., growing supply, which is demonstrated by the increasing sewerage coverage and number of wastewater treatment plants – and stagnant demand, which is demonstrated by the substantial proportions of treated effluents that are not used but discharged into the receiving water bodies. “Balancing the reclaimed-wastewater market (i.e., reducing the gap between supply and demand) implies increasing the rates of collection, treatment, and reuse close to the rate of wastewater and biogas energy generation. The MENA countries adopt supply-driven approach in which the concern for reuse of reclaimed wastewater is often subsequent to design and implementation of

treatment plants. For example, Tunisia started to explore wastewater reuse after the implementation of many treatment plants for environmental considerations along the sea coast that is far away from agricultural lands. We feel MENA countries would be better off adopting a demand-driven approach when implementing new wastewater treatment plants and optimising energy reuse where possible, especially given the onset of energy scarcity, even in traditional energy powerhouses like the GCC countries.”

Commenting on Passavant Energy & Environment, the MD says they have a long history of developing new technology in the field of effluent and sludge treatment. “Passavant Energy & Environment has been proactive in leading the trends of the industry and the evolution of clients’ demands in municipal and industrial wastewater treatment which has made us a worldwide leader in water reuse and sludge treatment technologies.”

Passavant has a proven track record of assuming EPC contracting roles on municipal, industrial projects, delivering turnkey, and large-scale treatment plants. The resulting output

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of Passavant Energy & Environment commissioned technology have demonstrated to consistently match the cleanliness targets set out at the design stage, with a zero compromise approach. They offer advanced wastewater and sludge treatment technologies with the unique ability to develop custom solutions for every stage of wastewater treatment, which include the mechanical, biological and clarification stage, including advanced wastewater treatment technologies for reuse applications like irrigation and agriculture and wherever possible energy recovery and reuse.

“Passavant Energy & Environment has become a world pioneer in the concept of Energy Re-use in wastewater treatment. Whilst the technology is known in elated sectors, such as seawater desalination, the concept and necessity of energy re-use is a new one in the Middle East, due to the abundance of cheaply available energy. This is what makes Passavant Energy & Environment stand out the most in the field of wastewater treatment; namely, the ability to combine treatment, with water re-use and now, significantly, energy re-use, with a proven track record of over 600 MW installed globally on our plants,” he says.

Passavant have been involved in the Middle East for more than a decade now and have delivered projects in KSA, UAE, Jordan, Algeria and Iraq. “Our relationship with our parent company,

Drake & Scull International PJSC, gives us a strong regional footprint, stretching from Western Europe to East Asia. Our track record of leading trends in the region, gives us head start over our competition. For instance, we were the first EPC experts to install a Waste to Energy project in the Middle East, specifically in Saida Lebanon, and proved that the technology can deliver benefits in this market. Our European engineering teams have in-depth knowledge about the region, and we can also tap into DSI’s network of offices, resources and personnel to undertake various aspects of the project, from EPC to MEP, Civil and infrastructure development,” says Dr. Bachir.

The market is competitive with active participation by leading global players and with the increasing number of projects being announced, there is work for everybody he says, adding that Passavant’s profound in-house process knowledge, cutting-edge technology, skilled engineering, local experience and proven track record across the globe helps them position themselves ahead of their competition. “And having local experience is a tremendous advantage as it lends us credibility in the eyes of the client. Our operations teams are familiar with the local environment, regulations and challenges. Language, and more specifically culture, is not a barrier for us as a sizable portion of our workforce hails from the region. We know this market, we know our technology, and

we know how to install this technology efficiently and effectively here. Our post operation maintenance capabilities also add to our value proposition, which improves our standing.”

In addition to their world-wide portfolio they are currently delivering Water and Wastewater treatment plants in Al Arar (KSA), Kerbala (Iraq), Gabal El Asfer(Egypt), Khalifa City BWRO (UAE) and Heart of Doha BWRO (Qatar), as well as various containerized solutions in Iraq, KSA and the UAE. Dr. Bachir says, “These projects are on track for scheduled completion. We are well established in Europe, and have made inroads in Eastern Europe and Turkey. We are bidding for projects in the UAE and are confident of picking up more projects in the region this year.”

Fully integrated, Custom-made solutionsPassavant Energy & Environment can assume complete responsibility of water projects, from the initial feasibility study to full turnkey plant installation. With an unmatched history in delivering water projects globally, the company is equipped to select the best treatment process and appropriate equipment to meet clients’ requirements.

Advanced R&D centers for wastewater, water and sludge treatment, for top solutions including:

• Raw Water Treatment• Desalination Demineralization• GroundWaterandSurface Water treatment• TreatmentofResidues• Municipalwastewater treatment• Industrialwastewater treatment• Sludgetreatment• Mechanical&Biological Waste Treatment • Biogasuseandreuse• Biogasenergygeneration, including electricity and heat

FACE-TO-FACE Delivering Turnkey Water & Wastewater Solutions Worldwide

WWTP Bouira, AlgeriaMunicipal Wastewater Treatment - Design, construction, supply and commissioning of mechanical and electrical equipment for mechanical and biological plant and related network. Capacity: 150,000 PE*

WWTP Fujairah, U.A.E.Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant - Serving a PE* of 91,000

WWTP Budapest North Digestion Sludge Digestion - Sludge treatment plant for municipal wastewater treatment plant:General contractor for the design, construction and in commissioning of sludge digesters, 2 x 12,000 m³ Capacity: 1,000,000 PE*

WWTP Munich-Grosslappen, Germany Sludge Treatment: Mixing - sludge impeller mixer; Gas utilization - sludge heating with heat exchanger. Serving a PE* of 2.5 million

WWTP Constanta, Romania Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant - Construction and supply of mechanical and electrical equipment for mechanical and biological plant with sludge treatment. Capacity: 255,000 PE*

WWTP Shijiazhuang, China – DigestersMunicipal Wastewater Treatment Plant - Design, construction, supply and commissioning of sludge treatment and energy recovery facilities. Capacity: 2,100,000 PE*

WWTP Wiesbaden, GermanyMunicipal Wastewater Treatment Plant - Supply, construction and commissioning of mechanical and electrical equipment for mechanical and biological plant with sludge treatment. Capacity: 325,000 PE*

Passavant Energy & Environment is a globally recognised engineering, procurement construction (EPC) provider of turnkey waste water treatment plants, drinking water structures and industrial process water plants, and currently operates in Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Germany, Algeria, UAE, Turkey, India and China with projects worldwide including those afore mentioned in addition to Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Passavant has installed over 600 MW of CHP engines.

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