Parkson Completes a Treatment Plant in Saudi Arabia
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - Parkson has just commissioned a new 2,000 m³/day (approximately 0.5 million gallons per day) plant. The Design-Operate-Transfer MBR plant, which can handle a maximum flow of up to 2MGD, is located in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia and will serve the residents of the large residential community that supports the regional Petro-Rabigh oil refinery.
Parkson provided initial design responsibilities for the project which includes grit removal and screening, balancing tanks, denitrification, fine-bubble aeration, submerged hollow-fiber MBRs, and a permeate wet well. The plant, with complete built-in redundancy, includes extensive process controls and 100% monitoring capabilities. In addition to overseeing the plant installation and start-up, Parkson will operate the facility under a six month operation and maintenance contract, with the possibility of longer-term operational responsibilities. With the Rabigh Sewage Treatment Plant, Parkson has demonstrated its ability to design an entire treatment plant and assimilate a full suite of processes and technologies that extend well beyond its own traditional offerings.
The privately-operated Rabigh STP will meet Title 22 requirements for unrestricted irrigation. In this region of the world, water scarcity is a harsh reality. Parkson's design will recycle much of the wastewater effluent - at least 70% of the flow will be used for landscaping irrigation throughout the residential community. Parkson believes that this plant will set the standard for Middle Eastern oil companies, creating a plant that will serve as a model in the region. "This is the first time that Parkson has extended its wastewater treatment process knowhow in the Middle East beyond what we traditionally offer - systems and components. I would expect to see Parkson offer more of these 'design and operate' services going forward," says Roland Mueller, General Manager of Middle East for Parkson.
The Parkson-designed MBR plant will need to remove 96-99% of the incoming BOD and be able to operate in an environment which can reach 50° C (122° F). "Parkson's long standing experience in wastewater process technologies coupled with its strong local presence were the main reasons the Petro-Rabigh plant decided to go with Parkson. Petro-Rabigh had to choose among the best firms in the industry and Parkson came out on top in their technical and commercial evaluations," says Saleh Albusaili, Vice President of A.A.Al-Busaili.
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Parkson Corporation
Renato Sá,
Global Marketing Leader,
954-935-6237
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