Employer
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environment, Water Development Department, Cyprus
Contractor
MESOGEOS SA
Capacity
10.000 m3/day
Budget
4.081.880,06 €
Duration
11/2009-08/2012
The scope of this project was:
- The inlet works for the raw water by connecting with the main water pipeline (DN700) from the existing dam Kanavviou
- The Water Treatment Plant (EEN) and the pumping station of clean water
- The operation of the plant for 12 months after the completion of works
More specifically, the Water Treatment Plant consisted of the following:
- Input ofraw water
- Flowmeter
- Gridding for removal of algae, floating and / or bulky materials
- Equalization tank for the reduction of suspended solids in raw water particularly after periods of heavy rain
- Pre-aeration to reduce H2S, CO2, Fe, Mn, oxidation of the organic load and improve the taste of water
- Pumping station for supplying the filter unit
- Pre – disinfection of raw water
- Rapid mixing in a static mixer with addition of flocculant
- Two-stage Filtration (2 filters in series). Pre-filtration stage and main filtration with addition of polyelectrolyte upstream of the main filter stage
- pH adjustment
- Disinfection of filtered water and storage in a closed tank
- Potable water pumping station
- Treatment of backwash water in a gravity thickener and drying beds