VA Tech WABAG Limited has received the work order for 103 MLD Saint Sulpice II - Drinking Water Treatment Plant at Geneva Lake, making it one of the biggest advanced technology based drinking water treatment facility in Switzerland and the biggest order in value terms for the WABAG Switzerland organization. The work contract worth 37.4 37.4 Million Swiss Francs will be executed by a consortium of WABAG and OTV-Veolia. WABAG's scope in the contract is 24 Million Swiss Francs. The plant will be equipped with high-tech multi-barrier treatment chain. WABAG's scope will include design and implementation of raw water pumping station, pre-filtration, GAC filtration, ultra-filtration, assembly and supply of major equipment, supervision and commissioning.

The work contract is the the biggest Advanced Oxidation Process ('AOP') installation in Switzerland with a side-stream injection technology developed by WABAG and first nano-filtration in Switzerland supplied by OTV-Veolia. The process is unique in Switzerland and Europe enabling to reduce and eliminate micro-pollutants for drinking water. Once completed, the new treatment plant will cater up to 50% of the total demand for the Lausanne's region (around 300'000 inhabitants with expected population growth) for the next 20 years.