DWASA Saidabad WTP Phase III project aims at doubling the current site’s production capacity by commissioning a new unit supplying 450,000 m3 per day, as well as installing a
water intake and a pumping station on the Meghna River, 30 km from Dhaka, which will supply raw water to the three Saidabad units. A treated water pipeline will also be built and the primary distribution network strengthened, including in Dhaka’s poor neighborhoods.
The proposed Saidabad WTP Phase-III project will be installed at the site of the existing Saidabad Phase-I and Phase-II plants. In the event the Sarulia intake becomes inoperable (e.g., due to poor water quality of Sitalakhya River) for certain periods of the year, the proposed project will also have provisions for drawing the entire raw water (i.e., up to 950 MLD) from the Meghna River to feed the Saidabad Phases-I, II and III treatment plants.