PARIS, Feb. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — PDAM Tirtanadi, the Water Corporation of the Province of North Sumatra has awarded SUEZ the contract for the extension of the drinking water production plant in Medan, the third largest city in Indonesia.
The extension of this BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) contract for a period of 25 years and EUR191 million, includes the funding, the building, the operation and the transfer of two additional water production units for the Medan plant.
This project will improve access to drinking water for the fast-growing population of the city of Medan and will contribute to local authorities’ goal of supplying more than 84% of the population with drinking water by 2020, as compared with 73.2% today.
With this contract, SUEZ is strengthening its presence in the water management industry in Indonesia, where the Group has built over 150 water production and sanitation plants since 1953.
With 90,000 people on the five continents, SUEZ is a world leader in smart and sustainable resource management.
It also secures water resources, delivering wastewater treatment services to 58 million people and reusing 882 million m3 of wastewater.
SUEZ in Asia SUEZ has been present for over 60 years in South East Asia and 40 years in Greater China in water and waste management.
With over 9,000 employees and over 60 water and waste projects with local partners, SUEZ is helping authorities and industries develop innovative solutions to address climate change and sustainable resource management.
The Group built over 420 water and wastewater treatment plants in Asia, supplying drinking water to 20 million people.
It is also the leader of waste management in Hong Kong and delivers its expertise in the management of environmental services to 11 industrial parks in Mainland China.