ASeeb W astew ater Project

Seeb, M uscat, Sultanate of O m an

ASeeb W astew ater Project
Featured Project OCTOBER 2011
Comprehensi ve New Wastewater Management System
The Sultanate of Oman has experienced significant development and population growth in the past
40 years under the leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said. Haya Water, responsible for
wastewater management in the Sultanates capital, is supporting this development by implementing
the Muscat Wastewater Master Plan in the Governorate of Muscatthe countrys most populous
region, with expected population growth from 740,000 in 2010 to 1 million by 2025.
The ASeeb Wastewater Project is a primary
element of the Muscat Wastewater Master Plan.
With a project area of 490 km, it will provide a
new, comprehensive wastewater network for all
residents of the Seeb catchment area. In addition
to wastewater treatment, the system will supplement
the regions water resources by treating wastewater
to the high degree necessary for beneficial reuse,
then distributing the water for irrigation.
Parsons is providing design, project management,
design review, and construction supervision for the
project, which is being executed under six contracts,
each with a different contractor.
CLIENT:
Haya Water (Oman
Wastewater Services
Company, SAOC)
PROJECT VALUE:
USD 1 billion
(OMR 410 million)
PROJECT DURATION:
20062013
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Design, project management,
design review, construction
supervision
Microtunneling along Sultan Qaboos Highway
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Uni form Gui delines for Mul tipl e Contractors
Parsons prepared standardized specifications for Haya Water based
on the sixth edition of Civil Engineering Specification for the Water
Industry (CESWI) and on local practices. Specifications address
materials, construction, equipment, testing, and commissioning
requirements. Standard materials include Haya Waters selection of
factory-manufactured high-density polyethylene (HDPE) manholes
and chambers, as well as some pipe sizes. Polycrete manholes
and pipes were introduced for the first time in Oman to address
specific requirements of the main collector sewer. A design manual
catalogues standard details implemented on all Seeb projects so
they can be used for other Haya Water contracts.
As part of the overall project management, Parsons worked with
the six contractors responsible for executing the contracts to
ensure uniformly high quality assurance and quality control (QA/
QC) throughout the project. Contractors include both local and
international companies. We helped local contractors upgrade and
implement quality plans, and we conduct quality audits together
with Haya Waters quality team to ensure full implementation of
quality systems throughout the project.
Parsons also helped the contractors develop and implement health,
safety, and environment (HSE) programs to protect workers and
the public. This project includes deep excavations, work adjacent
to public roads, traffic diversions, and tunneling. HSE programs
address pretask planning, daily inspection criteria for performance
evaluation, near-miss reporting, and root-cause analysis of near-
miss cases before they become accidents. As a result, the project
has achieved several milestones: Contracts 1 and 2 have achieved
5 million work hours with no lost-time incidents, and Parsons
supervision team of more than 100 staff has completed 500,000
work hours with no lost-time incidents.
Proj ect Hi ghl i ghts
The collection system includes a new main sewer, three main
pumping stations, 1,452 km of gravity sewer, and 212 km of vacuum
sewer. The vacuum sewer network will be one of the largest in
the worldand the largest ever constructed in a single project.
This solution is being implemented along the coastline where flat
terrain, sandy soil, and a high underground water table are design
considerations.
The main collector sewer runs along 21 km of the Sultan Qaboos
Highway, Muscats primary traffic corridor. Closing the highway for
construction was not an option, so Parsons is using microtunneling
to install pipes in this portion of the project. This technique bores
a tunnel and inserts the pipe in a single operation, avoiding the
disruption of open trenches. The new Seeb advanced wastewater
treatment plant (AWTP) is designed for water reuse. It will conduct
tertiary treatment on 100% of the flow in a process that involves
pretreatment of incoming wastewater, sequential batch reactors,
ultrafiltration, and chlorination. Aerobic digesters will provide
sludge processing. All processes will take place in an enclosed
environment and will use strict odor control measures, monitored
by electronic nose technology, to meet the requirement of no odor
at the facilitys boundary. The AWTP will also have an emergency
sea outfall with an offshore design length of 1.8 km.
The project scope includes installing a fiber optic duct network
along the sewage and recycled water lines, taking advantage of
this construction opportunity to bring fiber-to-the-home connections
to Seeb residents.
Main pumping station 3 in Al Khoud.
Microtunnel boring machine.
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With leading treatment technology and extensive distribution of
recycled water, the ASeeb Wastewater Project sets a high standard
for sustainably managing wastewater. Parsons has a history of
successful water and wastewater projects in Oman and throughout
the Middle East. Our portfolio of ongoing projects in the MENA+
region (Middle East, North Africa, and the northern Mediterranean
Sea border countries) includes major highways, bridges, rail and
transit, airports, ports, water infrastructure, hospitals, public schools,
universities, mosques, and other public buildings.
Publi c Outreach and Customer Ser vi ce
Because this construction project is in a developed area, minimizing
disruption and communicating effectively with Haya Waters many
customers is a high priority. Parsons communication strategy
involves residential customers, other utility companies, and the
municipality; it includes the following elements:
Advance public notification
Continuous public outreach
Site staff training for public interactions
Complaint reporting and response within 24 hours
Site supervision team monitoring of closure of complaints
Parsons Is Supervising Construction under Six Contracts with Six Different Contractors
Contract 1 (Project Value: USD 228 million)
Construct a wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 80,000 m
3
/day
Construct three main pumping stations
Construct recycled water facilities at Al Khoudh and Al Mobellah
Construct an emergency sea outfall discharge from the wastewater
treatment plant
Provide all necessary instrumentation, control, and automation (ICA)
work under a design- build-operate (DBO) lump-sum contract
Contract 4 (Project Value: USD 150 million)
Construct gravity sewage network at
Al Mobellah area:
177 km of main sewers
175 km of rider sewers
47 km of recycled water network
7,500 property connections
Contract 5A (Project Value: USD 150 million)
Construct gravity sewage network at
Al Khoud area:
118 km of main sewers
271 km of rider sewers
30 km of recycled water network
4,517 property connections
Contract 5B (Project Value: USD 163 million)
Construct gravity sewage network at
Al Mawalleh area:
38 km of main sewers
328 km of rider sewers
27 km of recycled water lines
5,470 property connections
Contract 2 (Project Value: USD 140 million)
Construct a 23-km gravity main collector sewer, with 21 km bored
by microtunneling
(2 m max diameter)
Construct 21-km open-cut sewerage system at the Airport Heights
location
Contract 3 (Project Value: USD 220 million)
Construct ASeeb Coastal Strip sewerage network using vacuum
collection technology:
11 vacuum stations and sewage networks having a total length of
212 km of vacuum sewer
4,037 vacuum chambers
215 km of rider sewers
43 km of recycled water and rising mains
7,000 property connections
Enclosing the Seeb AWTP protects it from the elements and facilitates
odor management.
Diffuser air distribution pipes for sequential batch reactors.