Following its first contracts in the Middle East region, Veolia Water settled in the Sultanate of Oman.
In June 2006, Veolia Water was awarded a 5-year management contract with an optional three-year extension from the OWSC (Oman Wastewater Services Company), the state-owned company given responsibility by the Omani Government for all wastewater services in Muscat, population, 700 000.
Few months later, early 2007 marked the signing of a second contract in the country, to build, finance and operate the reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant in Sur. The plant, with a capacity of 80 200 m3/per day, will enable mains water to be supplied to the 350 000 inhabitants of the Sharqiyah region.
