In Mongolia, a project for the reuse of treated wastewater from the MCS Coca-Cola LLC plant at the Amgalan thermal power station has been implemented for the first time as part of a public-private partnership.
Thus, the state-owned Amgalan TPP has become the first state power plant to implement environmentally safe solutions, marking an important step in energy and water management in Ulaanbaatar.
The project was initiated by the World Bank's "Water Resources 2030" group at the request of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change from 2020 to 2024, with funding from the Green Development Fund of the Republic of Korea, which confirmed the feasibility of using treated wastewater for the needs of the power plant.
The distance between the facilities is 2.5 km, and to ensure water supply, MCS Coca-Cola is laying pipelines and installing the necessary equipment, investing ₮3.5 billion of its own funds, directly supplying water to the Amgalan TPP.
The state-owned Amgalan TPP provides heat to the eastern region of Ulaanbaatar and will receive 40% of its technological water needs from MCS Coca-Cola LLC from September 15 to May 15.
This cooperation aims to protect underground water resources, with a total volume of 120,000 cubic meters, which corresponds to the daily consumption of 600,000 people per year.
Previously, the plant used its own wastewater for its production needs, but now it uses treated wastewater from an external source — from MCS Coca-Cola, making it a benchmark for enterprises that do not use technological wastewater.
The use of treated wastewater from MCS Coca-Cola for the needs of the Amgalan TPP will provide comfort for households and significantly improve the stability of water supply in Ulaanbaatar. This project for using wastewater as a resource is not only a collaboration between two organizations but also a guarantee of providing drinking water for thousands of children in the future.
This partnership contributes to the creation of a zero-waste economy and the implementation of the 3R principles (reduce, reuse, recycle), including reducing water consumption, treating wastewater, and reusing it.
Tatar S. Maydar
source: MiddleAsianNews
