WHAUP will pour additional 300 million baht on reclaimed water projects to solve drought situation in EEC and boost revenue in the future

Bangkok – WHA Utilities & Power Plc (WHAUP) shows its potential in providing integrated utilities service by investing an additional 300 million baht on reclaimed water projects in WHA Eastern Industrial Estate (Map Ta Phut) and Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate (Rayong). These projects will convert wastewater into the industrial water that can be reused to help solve the drought problems in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) in the long term, and boost potential and confidence for WHA Group’s industrial investors.

Mr. Niphon Bundechanan, Chief Executive Officer of WHA Utilities & Power Public Company Limited (WHAUP), reveals that following the recent drought crisis, WHAUP, as a leading utilities service provider, has concrete measures to help relieve the water shortage in WHA Group’s industrial estates. It has invested in various projects as well as developed staff capability in preparation to solve the problems.

After the company’s newly increase of the reclaimed water production capacity by 15,000 cubic meters per day, its total production capacity of reclaimed water in WHA Eastern Industrial Estate (Map Ta Phut) will reach 25,000 cubic meters per day, up from 10,000 cubic meters per day in 2019. This project will require an investment of 200 million baht and will be fully completed in Q4/2020. WHAUP will start a partial distribution of 5,000 cubic meters per day in Q3/2020.

“The reclaimed water will help us secure raw water resources in long term and can solve the drought problems sustainably. Moreover, reclaimed water can be converted into demineralized water or high-quality water for industrial operators in WHA Group’s industrial estates. The value of demineralized water is higher than normal industrial water by 40-60% and industrial operators will receive direct benefits from this project, as they will not have to shoulder investment burden and operating costs on the utilities system, while using water from a professional service provider. WHAUP foresees that this additional investment will help it produce high-quality industrial water or demineralized water and boost sales by 200 million baht per year.”

Additionally, the company has a reclaimed water project in Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate (Rayong) with a capacity of 5,200 cubic meters per day to help solve the drought problems and produce “premium clarified water” for power plants in the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate (Rayong). WHAUP has signed a 15-year water sale contract worth 770 million baht with Gulf Energy Development Plc to distribute premium clarified water to the latter’s power plants.

This reclaimed water project will require an investment of 108.2 million baht and enhance the company’s capacity to distribute industrial water for customers in WHA Group’s industrial estates. It will also create added value for the water business for WHAUP to further drive its revenue growth in the future.