Outotec to build EUR70m water treatment plant in Sri Lanka

Finnish construction and engineering company Outotec Oyj said today the government of Sri Lanka has awarded it a contract of more than EUR70m to build a water treatment plant that will supply drinking water. The company will build the facility in Ampara district on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka under a project for the provision of treated pipe-borne water to more than 75% of the district. Outotec completed the first and second phase of the project in 1999 and 2002, respectively. The completion of the current phase three is expected in November 2013.