A MULTI-MILLION-dollar project to revolutionise the treatment of wastewater in Bahrain is now complete.

The upgrading of the wastewater treatment plant at Tubli Water Pollution Control Centre (WPCC) is one of the largest schemes of its kind in the GCC and increases its capacity by 50 per cent.

UK-based company Bluewater Bio carried out the work on behalf of the Works Ministry, under a BD8 million ($21.2 million) contract awarded in July 2011.

“This is a showpiece project and it’s the largest upgrade of any wastewater plant in the GCC,” said Daniel Ishag, Bluewater Bio founder and chief executive officer. “The new upgrade will alleviate stress from the plant, which has been severely overloaded for a number of years, and make it 20 times more efficient.

The plant receives in excess of 300,000 cu m of waste a day, but was originally built to handle 200,000 cu m. Its capacity has now been increased as a result of the upgrade to 300,000 cu m a day, significantly easing pressure on the plant.