The treated water can be reused for irrigation and to spray and cool the cows during summer
Veolia Water Technologies Qatar was contracted by Baladna, Qatar’s leading dairy producer, to upgrade the existing wastewater treatment facility at its cow farm located in Al Khor, north of the capital Doha.
Veolia proprietary technologies will allow an increase in the treatment capacity of the plant and enable the treated wastewater to be reused for the site’s purposes.
With a capacity of up to 24,000 cows and a superficy of 2.4mn sqm, Baladna’s cow farm is the biggest in Qatar and one of the biggest in the GCC countries. The barn and milk parlor flushing area of the cow farm generates around 6,000 cbm/day of wastewater.
As part of the wastewater treatment plant upgrade, Veolia modified and optimized the treatment performance of the existing lagoons and provided a complementary biological process to meet the treated effluent quality necessary for reuse.
The treated water can now be reused for irrigation within the farm and, following further treatment by reverse osmosis, to spray and cool the cows during hot summer months.
“The holistic approach to reuse treated wastewater at Baladna is a key development for our company’s sustainable goals,” commented Ramez Al-Khayyat, Managing Director, Baladna.
“We are immensely proud to assist Baladna in achieving their ambition to grow their business and help them do so in a more sustainable way through water reuse” said Thierry Froment, CEO, Veolia Water Technologies Middle East.
