THUWAL — The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) spinout Al Miyah Solutions has efficiently demonstrated the unconventional viability of their new containerized wastewater therapy expertise on the Nationwide Water Firm (NWC) facility in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia.

The plant is the fruit of 5 years of analysis by KAUST professor, Pascal Saikaly and his workforce, and addresses the problems of entry to wash water and sanitation as guided by Imaginative and prescient 2030.

Almost 40% of households in Saudi Arabia don’t have any entry to centralized sewer networks. As such, wastewater should be collected and transported, leading to monetary and environmental burdens — from an ever-growing inhabitants.

The novel wastewater therapy expertise from Al Miyah employs proprietary AGS-GDM expertise and is a containerized system that produces a formidable 100 cubic meters of unpolluted water, serving as much as 1,500 individuals a day. The system has a considerably smaller footprint and decrease operational value than typical wastewater therapy processes.

The system could be mounted on a transport container, is movable, plug and play, modular, scalable and sturdy. By demonstrating the feasibility and success of this new expertise, Al Miyah Options has achieved a singular milestone within the efforts in the direction of wastewater sustainability.

“The unit we’re seeing right here has been the fruit of a number of years of arduous work by Professor Saikaly and his workforce, ranging from lab-scale experiments, then working a barely bigger pilot. This wastewater therapy facility has efficiently proved the basic course of is sound and now we’re seeing the total decentralized wastewater therapy plant right here in operation,” mentioned Kevin Cullen, former vice chairman of innovation at KAUST.

“We hope that this expertise developed right here in Saudi Arabia, from KAUST, could make a terrific affect to make sure entry to water and sanitation to the place it’s wanted.”

Al Miyah’s innovative expertise was developed by Professor Saikaly and former KAUST Analysis Scientist, Dr. Muhammad Ali. The corporate started as a analysis undertaking that went on to be commercialized by way of KAUST’s Close to Time period Grand Problem analysis translation program. The undertaking was lastly realized as a startup by way of the TAQADAM Accelerator program.

To mitigate the harm and value of untreated wastewater, Al Miyah got down to make it simpler to deal with and recycle handled sewage effluent with the purpose of turning it into usable water. Their expertise is ready to produce water of dependable high quality for non-potable reuse purposes equivalent to irrigation, horticulture and trade.

KAUST’s help of Al Miyah and their subsequent success is validation of the college’s continued efforts and dedication to discovering options that tackle international problems with sustainability whereas additionally selling a diversified economic system inside the Kingdom. KAUST will keep centered on its ongoing mission to advance a deep tech ecosystem according to the objectives of Imaginative and prescient 2030.