Saur wins a new contract to operate Paphos wastewater treatment plant and establishes durably its presence in Cyprus

This contract won by the Group in Cyprus confirms Saur’s expertise in managing facilities that combine performance and innovation meeting the challenges of water resources in an area subject to chronic water stress. Within the framework of this contract, Saur and its Cypriot partner Iacovou Group, specialized in civil engineering, will be in charge of optimizing the installation and bringing it up to industrial standards.

In water-stressed regions, wastewater is a key alternative to meet agricultural irrigation and groundwater recharge needs. Water thus becomes a renewable resource. With a capacity of 19,500 m3/day, the Paphos wastewater treatment plant implements wastewater treatment technologies allowing the reuse of treated wastewater for groundwater recharge. Thus, the Water Development Department takes charge of 100% of the treated water to pump it to Ezousa aquifer with significant environmental benefits. This solution relieves the need for water for domestic use in the region.

The Paphos wastewater treatment plant also produces green electricity from the digestion of produced sludge. The sludge is transformed in biogas and the biogas is transformed in electricity with a generator which can produce 100 kW of electricity. This may represent up to 20% of the wastewater treatment power consumption.