Dessau completed the rehabilitation and construction work required for collecting and treating waste water in the municipalities of Píritu, Puerto Píritu, Lechería and Clarines, in the province of Anzoátegui (Northeast coast of Venezuela). The project was completed in EPCM (Engineering, Purchasing and Construction Management) mode.  Another component of Dessau’s mandate involved structuring the financing package for this project.

The project’s major achievements include:

• Building a 325 l/s capacity primary wastewater treatment plant;
• Rehabilitating 17 pumping stations;
• Supplying and installing 5.6 km of pressurized lines;
• Supplying and installing a 23.4 km gravity collection system;
• Building a 1 km offshore sewage outfall;
• Rebuilding a surge chamber;
• Refurbishing a 4.1 km offshore sewage outfall.

Services rendered:

Project Management

Financing Package

Engineering

Environment

Purchasing

Construction Management

Implementation date:

2004-2007

Client:

Venezuela’s Environment and Natural Resources Ministry