Suez Environnement, a French expert group in water and waste-management services, has won a contract worth €32 million ($37 million) to design, build and operate the municipal landfill facility in Amerat, Oman.

The five-year contract has been awarded to Suez Environnement's Oman subsidiary Sita Al Basheer.

As per the deal, Sita Al Basheer will build the new cell of the landfill facility for Amerat’s non-hazardous solid municipal waste generated by the sultanate's capital Muscat, said a statement from the Suez  Environnement.

The new facility will include a biogas recovery system and a reverse osmosis plant for treating leachates, allowing the capital city to curb greenhouse gas emissions and improve its environmental performance.

This project is a continuation of the first landfill cell with a capacity of 250,000 metric tons
of waste a year in operation since 2010 on the same site by SITA AL BASHEER. This new
contract will increase the landfill’s capacity to 400,000 metric tons a year.

Marie-Ange Debon, the deputy chief executive officer (International division) said the new contract strengthens Suez Environnement’s presence in Oman where it has been supporting local authorities in water management for many years, notably by the Barka II desalination plant (120,000 cu m water a day), and in waste management since 2010.

"The contract also demonstrates the Oman authorities’ confidence in developing long-term solutions for their waste treatment needs. It recognizes our ability to build and operate efficient facilities to meet the dual challenge of population growth and environmental protection," she added.-TradeArabia News Service