Indian water treatment specialist VA Tech Wabag along with its joint venture partner Belhasa Projects has won its first EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract in Bahrain worth Rs580 crores ($91 million), a report said.

Under the contract, the joint venture will design and build a sewage treatment plant (STP) with a capacity of 40 million litres per day for Al Madina Al Shamaliya (Northern Town), a new town being developed by the Ministry of Housing in Bahrain, reported The Economic Times.

The mixed-use project, featuring 15,000 residential units will be developed over 750 hectares of reclaimed land off the north coast of Bahrain.

The project is being funded by Abu Dhabi Fund for Economic Development, the report quoted a VA Tech Wabag official as saying.  

Wabag’s managing director for Middle East and Africa (MEA) Erik Gothlin said: "Securing this high-value order gives me immense pleasure since the JV has won this order competing against some of the renowned international players in the water space."

“This also reiterates Wabag's technical proficiency which is well accepted in the Middle East market,” he added.