News | January 23, 2019

WABAG Secures Desalination Order From Mangalore Refinery

The second consecutive desalination order by WABAG after the recent order in Tunisia, stands testimony to the proven and advanced WABAG Technologies.

WABAG has secured INR 467 Crore worth order from Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (‘MRPL’) towards engineering and construction of a 30 MLD Sea Water Desalination plant expandable upto 70 MLD in Mangaluru, Karnataka.

The scope of this Design and Build contract includes engineering, supply, erection, construction and commissioning of a 30 MLD Sea Water Desalination plant over a period of 22 months. WABAG will build the plant using state of the art technologies, including sea water reverse osmosis, brackish water reverse osmosis and ultra-filtration systems. The project also includes cross-country piping of 11 Kilometers to deliver the water to MRPL’s refinery. The plant aims to minimize the fresh water dependency of MRPL once completed.

Post successful commissioning, WABAG will also be awarded a contract towards Operation & Maintenance of the plant for a period of 10 years.

About WABAG Group
The WABAG Group with its internationally operative companies in Vienna and Chennai has a work-force of around 2,000 and is represented via companies and offices in 25 countries. The Group’s focus is on emerging markets in Europe, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, India and south-east Asia.

With a history dating back more than ninety years, the WABAG Group represents both a traditional and highly modern business organisation in the field of water technology.

Source: WABAG Group