Xi'an

One milestone along the way was the project to build and operate the water plant in Xi'an, completed back in 1997. BWI has formed a consortium together with Chinese partners named Water Works Xi'an South Ltd. for the realisation of a BOOT model and has provided managerial and technical support.

The waterworks, with a drinking-water production capacity of 550,000 m³ per day, is one of the most advanced facilities of its kind in China and, as one of the earliest of the BOT projects, serves as an example in that area as well.

Project Overview

Project	Water treatment plant for the treatment of surface water 550.000 m³/day
Project type	BOT for 20 years Fixed interest rate of 13.2 % for the capital deposited by BWI
Investment	US $ 29.5 Mio.
Finance	re-financing € 3.5 Mio. with KfW
Company	Waterworks Xi'an South Co. Ltd.
Partner	35.0 % BWI 56.5 % Xi'an Waterworks 8.5 % Grown Smark Ltd.
Status	Sale of shares in December 2003

The services include:

• Process design
• Construction supervision
• Operation and management of the newly formed company
• Training of technical and management staff
• Provision of institutional support
• Evaluation and implementation of optimization measures, improvement of overall efficiency
• Procurement of major mechanical and electrical equipment
• Optimisation of water treatment filtration stage