중간시장 수처리업체인 RWL Water는 멕시코 파트너사인 Libra Ingenieros, RJ Ingenieria와 컨소시엄을 구성, 멕시코 바하칼리포르니아(Baja California)주 San Quintin 지역에 하루 2만2천㎥ 용량의 해수담수화 플랜트를 건설하는 계약을 체결했다.

이번 BOO 계약은 미국-멕시코 국경에서 250㎞ 떨어진 지역에 담수화 플랜트를 짓는 프로젝트로, 바하칼라포르니아주 거주민 10만여 명의 수요를 충족함으로써 지하수자원을 보존하는 것이 목적이다.

 

 

 

Mid market water treatment firm, RWL Water, in a consortium with Mexican partners, Libra Ingenieros and RJ Ingenieria, has won a contract to build a 22,000 m³/d seawater desalination plant in San Quintin, Baja California.

 

The build, own operate deal for the plant - located 250 km from the US Mexico border - will run for 30 years. The project aims to preserve the groundwater resources by covering the demand for 100,000 Baja California residents. It will seek also to boost region's the economic development.

 

The Secretariat of Infrastructure and Urban Development for the state of Baja California (SIDUE) and the State Water Commission of Baja California (CEA), issued an invitation to tender for the project In June this year following an unsolicited proposal prepared and submitted by Libra Ingenieros and RJ Ingenieria under new PPP legislation.

 

The consortium will fund the project with a mix of equity investment and limited recourse finance. The desalination plant will be built by RWL Water based on its technology, know-how and project management.

 

RWL Water president and chief executive officer, Henry Charrabe, said: "This confirms our business concept of providing complete high-tech water solutions with turnkey contracting and investment into our clients' water infrastructure." The plant is expected to start operation in autumn 2017.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 10월 5일]