Waterleau is the proud supplier of its proprietary LUCAS® technology for the Taif Independent Sewage Treatment Plant, located 70 kilometers southeast of Mecca in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Taif Independent Sewage Treatment Plant will treat – by the project commercial operation date in 2023 – the domestic wastewater of 650,000 inhabitants from the most densely populated parts of Taif Governorate. The plant will have an initial capacity of 100,000 cubic meters per day, and will recover water as a valuable resource for agricultural and industrial purposes. In a later expansion phase, the plant will be able to produce as much as 270,000 cubic meters of treated water on a daily basis. This large scale project is part of the country’s National Water Strategy which aims to create a sustainable water environment by 2030, protecting natural water resources and providing a cost-effective sewage treatment and accessible water supply.

Waterleau’s contribution to the project in Taif is to provide its patented LUCAS® technology, which allows a compactly built biological treatment stage operated with low energy consumption. Recent innovations in settler design, sludge densification and smart process control make Waterleau's LUCAS® technology an extremely beneficial and interesting solution for such large-scale projects. The benefits are distinct in cost-efficient construction, reliable operation and low operational expenditures.