Nama Water Services Gears Up Treated Effluent Newtwork for Ash-Shakhakhit Region, Barka

Nama Water Services Gears Up Treated Effluent Newtwork for Ash-Shakhakhit Region, Barka

Nama Water Services pursues to implement the best international practices for wastewater treatment and reuse as part of Oman's strategic approach to minimize groundwater depletion and contribute towards the environmental sanitation. Such efforts are well demonstrated in expanding green areas and promoting food security by utilizing treated effluent water for crop irrigation.

In pursuit of these goals, Nama Water Services is working on flagship engineering projects where the wastewater treatment process goes through several stages to ensure full filtration of the effluent water and its validity to be reused for multiple purposes.

The treated effluent network for Ash-Shakhakhit region in the Wilayat of Barka is among these ambitious projects.

Speaking about the project, Abdulkarim bin Mohammed bin Zahir Al Hinai, Senior Operation and Maintenance Manager at Nama Water Services highlighted that the treated effluent water supply project for Ash-Shakhakhit region, which is executed in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries Wealth & Water Resources, is part of Nama’s endeavors to utilize the treated water for irrigation. This would help maintaining groundwater reserves, expanding planting areas, and maximizing productivity; thus, creating a positive impact on the food security.

"At a total cost of OMR 2,3 million and an execution timeframe of one full year,