Black & Veatch has earned the Global Grand Prize in the Design category of the International Water Association (IWA) Project Innovation Awards for the Tai Po Water Treatment Works and Aqueducts project in Hong Kong, China. The award, which recognizes excellence and innovation in water engineering projects throughout the world, was presented to Black & Veatch on September 12 at the 2006 IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition in Beijing.
Black & Veatch provided innovative solutions as consulting engineers for the significant water treatment works project in Hong Kong, one of the world’s most densely populated and rapidly developing areas. The global engineering, consulting and construction company worked closely with the Hong Kong Water Supplies Department to incorporate space-efficient technologies in its design of the Tai Po Water Treatment Works, Pumping Stations and Aqueducts (Stage 1). The new facilities, which currently provide water treatment capacity of 250,000 cubic meters a day and include 12 kilometers of aqueduct tunnels, were designed to an ultimate capacity of 1,200,000 cubic meters a day on a small hillside site that posed sizeable design and construction challenges.
“The plant is complete and operating very satisfactorily, providing a good quality treated water,” said Chan Chi-chiu, director of water supplies for Hong Kong. “We are proud to have this facility as a key contributor to the overall provision of Hong Kong water supplies.”
