Egypt awards Acciona O&M contract for one of world's largest wastewater plants

ACCIONA, in a consortium with the local company DHCU, has been selected by the Construction Authority for Potable Water and Wastewater (CAPW) in Cairo (Egypt) to carry out the operation and maintenance for eight years of Phase II of the Gabal El Asfar wastewater treatment complex.

The contract, awarded for €35 million, covers the execution of various rehabilitation works and upgrades on two plants of the complex, each with a capacity of 500,000 m³ per day.

Gabal El Asfar is the largest wastewater treatment facility in Africa and the Middle East, and the third largest in the world in terms of treatment capacity, at 2.5 Hm³ per day, serving the eastern part of Cairo, with a population of eight million.

Extensive experience

ACCIONA has extensive experience in water treatment in Egypt. In 2013, ACCIONA was awarded the contract for the design, construction and commissioning of an expansion of Gabal El Asfar, increasing its daily treatment capacity by 500,000 m³.

In 2022, the company, also together with DHCU, won the contract to carry out the operation, maintenance and improvement of Phase I of the oldest Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) of the complex, with a capacity of 1.5 Hm³ per day.