Abstract
Abstract The Water Development Department of Cyprus has awarded to a consortium of two companies: Netcom (Cyprus) and Mekorot Development Enterprise Ltd (Israel), a BOT project for the design, build operate and maintain of a 40,000 m3/d SWRO plant. The plant will have the intake and water product delivery infrastructure already in place so as to be able to increase production to 60,000 m3/d within a short notice from the client. The consortium, namely MN Limassol Water Co, has some tough criteria to meet such as product water: (a) TDS less than 600 ppm, (b) Boron less than 05 ppm, (c) Turbidity less than 1NTU, and (d) Alkalinity not less than 30 ppm HCO3 as well as the tender stipulated high energy costs of 10 €/kWh. The tender specifications, high energy cost as well as the increased costs of materials and supplies due to the developed world crisis took place due to signing the contract back in 2009; and the current plant construction and operation phase has shaped the design of the plant with innovative...
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