Bids sought for combined effluent treatment plant for Korangi tanneries

Pakistan Tanners Association Environmental Society has sought bids for the construction of an allied conveyance system for Combined Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) for Korangi tanneries. The other components of the Allied Conveyance Systems include a 'Collection and Conveyance System' to carry tannery effluent to the main plant and a 'Dilution Line Works’ that will bring the raw domestic sewage from KW&SB Pumping Station PS-II located in Sector 15, Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi to the CETP Site. Bids are due on 28th July 2005.

The Korangi Effluent Treatment Plant was launched with a total cost of PRs500 million. Out of that, the share of the Export Promotion Bureau stood at PRs336 million (68 per cent), Pakistan Tanneries Association was required to pay PRs136 million (27-28 per cent), while the share of the Sindh Government was PRs22 million (4.5 per cent). Three per cent of technical assistance was provided by the Dutch government.

The estimated capacity of the plant is 43,000 cubic metres per day, out of which 16,500 cubic metres per day is tannery effluent and remaining is domestic effluent. At present, all untreated industrial waste from nearly 170 tanneries in the Korangi Industrial Area flow directly into the sea through Korangi Creek.