Malabar Wastewater Treatment Plant in Trinidad and Tobago Put into Operation
Date:2019-07-30

On July 12th local time, related sectors and media in Trinidad and Tobago had witnessed the grand ceremony that Malabar Wastewater Treatment Plant was put into commercial run, whose EPC service was provided by POWERCHINA Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited and SINOHYDRO Bureau 12. Trinidad Tobago’s Minister of Public Utilities Le Hunte and Senators participated in the ceremony. Malabar Wastewater Treatment Plant is located in the Malabar catchment, covering an area of appr.

oximately 27 km2. At present, it serves a population of 110 thousand people, which is of great significance to improve the local water quality and meet people’s basic living needs. A variety of projects have been initiated including the construction of a new 40ML/d Wastewater Treatment Plant, 3 lift stations of wastewater collection system Phase I, gravity sewer at length of 6680m, force main at length of 2900m and approximately 152 service connections; decommissioning and demolition of 2 lift stations; one-year O&M service for the plant.

Trinidad and Tobago, the economical, energy, industrial and financial center in the Caribbean, is first the country in the Caribbean that signed BRI-MoUs with China. Le Hunte, the Minister of Public Utilities, said in the ceremony that the successful operation of the project would greatly improve the environment of the country. The Minister also spoke highly of the project and extended his heartfelt gratitude to the whole project team, and he hoped the cooperation between the two countries would last profound so as to deepen the friendship in between.

Through the past 6 decades, HDEC has accumulated abundant technical experience in water affairs and completed over 400 waterworks regarding water diversion-distribution, water supply, treatment of industrial wastewater and urban sewage, reclaimed water treatment, seawater desalination, artificial wetland, etc. With business covering over 10 provinces in China and over 40 countries in Central Asia, Central Americas, Africa, Southeast Asia, HDEC has provided a range of services including preliminary consultancy, design and EPC for enterprises at home and broad such as World Bank, Asian Development Bank. So far, the company has created a renowned and unique brand in water affairs engineering industry.


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