Cluj-Napoca Water Treatment Plant

Cluj-Napoca Water Treatment plant is managed by Somes Water Company and serves mainly the city of Cluj-Napoca and the rural areas upstream holding a public sewerage network. After being awarded the extension and modernization of the water treatment plant in 2011 by the local authorities, UTI conducted its first environmental construction project as a general contractor.

Provided works

UTI realized the design, execution, and commissioning of the new treatment plant. The works were carried out within 21 months and consisted of:

• The implementation of a modern, efficient wastewater treatment technology complying with the maximum limits of the European and national standards on the quality of water discharged into natural range after treatment
• The reduction of the annual operating costs of the plant and maintaining their margin of 5.7 million euro / year
• Operation simplification throughout an automated command and control system
• The reduction of the pollution by replacing 45% of the use of classical energy with renewable energy resulted in the process of waste recycling and cogeneration
• The proposed technical and technological solutions observe the requirements specified by the client and are in accordance with the European legislation (EC 91/271 / EEC) and the national legislation (NTPA 001/2002) in the field.

Benefits

The wastewater treatment plant of Cluj-Napoca is a modern industrial facility that combines the greening process and water treatment technology for the production and use of biogas in the process of generating hot water and electricity.