Water Treatment Project
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. announced that Doosan Enpure, its affiliate in the UK, signed a contract worth about 87.5 billion won (US$78 million) with Severn Trent Water, a British waterworks operator, to supply facilities to the latter’s water treatment plants in Birmingham.
The Birmingham Water Treatment Plant is a large-scale water treatment facility capable of processing 320,000 tons of water per day and is scheduled to be completed by 2020. Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction will conduct the plant design and the supply of equipment. The water produced at the water treatment plant will be used as water for living by citizens of Birmingham, the second largest city in the UK.
"Demand for water treatment is rocketing worldwide thanks to population growth, urbanization, and pollution problems," said Yoon Seok-won, chief of the Water BG at Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, adding, "This year, we are solidifying our position as a total water solution company by landing this order after winning a desalination project from Saudi Arabia early this year."
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction is expanding its water treatment business by signing an agreement with Korea South-East Power to supply environmentally friendly water treatment technology ZLD (Zero Liquid Discharge) in February after landing orders for water treatment plants from the UK and Oman in 2015 and 2016, respectively.