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water The total value of the contracts that Aqualia is currently managing in the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Oman) exceeds 600 million euros Hydraulic installations at the Port of Sohar, Oman. m3/day (more than 100,000 mi- llion litres per year). In addition, the contract includes a treatment station in Saadiyat Island, which uses the membrane bioreactor technology (MBR). Likewise, the contract includes the septic tank drainage services and the mana- gement of the two dumping points of the island of Abu Dhabi and Saadiyat. For the contract for the operation and maintenance of the sanitation system in Abu Dhabi, the capi- tal, and the adjacent islands of Al Reem, Al Maryah and Al Saadiyat, Aqualia’s offer was the best eva- luated, ahead of other companies of international prestige such as Veolia, SAUR, Metito or Kharafi, and those of the main companies in the United Arab Emirates. This is a so-called “performance based” contract whose performan- ce is very demanding when regu- lated by KPIs (key performance indicator). Each contract includes more than thirty of these parame- Aqualia also manages other pro- jects in the region, such as the sa- nitation system of Al Dhakhira (Qa- tar), which it shall operate over the next 10 years. The project will be developed by the consortium for- med with the South Korean com- pany Hyundai and will include the construction of a treatment plant that will provide its services to over 205,000 inhabitants. In Oman, Aqualia operates the hy- draulic installations of Sohar Port, one of the most important ports in the north of the country. This con- tract poses a challenge of a high technical complexity, since it in- cludes many different water catch- Other projects in the Arabian Peninsula ment and pumping, desalination, supply, treatment and sewerage infrastructures. The total value of the contracts managed by Aqualia in the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, UAE and Oman) is approximately €600 mi- llion. The projects, most of which are executed as medium and long- term concessions, represent suc- cessful models of collaboration between public institutions and private entities, aimed at achieving progress and well-being. With the- se projects, Aqualia caters for the needs of six million of the region’s inhabitants. ters in aspects such as efficiency, the environment, quality or safety and health. The specifications de- termine the minimum thresholds to be met and the penalties/bonu- ses to be applied based on perfor- mance. B U S I N E S S 17 B U S I N E S S