METAWATER Co., Ltd. (President: Yasushi Nakamura; Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku Tokyo; hereinafter "METAWATER") is pleased to announce that a ceremony offering prayers for safety was held on November 28, 2018 for construction work of the Takahashi Water Treatment Plant Construction Project (tentative) (hereinafter "Project"), for which a corporate group (METAWATER, Shikokutsuken Co., Ltd., Nihon Suido Consultants Co., Ltd., METAWATER SERVICE Co., Ltd., Kyusetsuaqua Co., Ltd.) with METAWATER acting as a representative company received an order from Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture.
Approximately fifty persons attended the ceremony, including Mr. Ryoji Kan, Mayor of Imabari City, and Mr. Yutaka Ochi, President of City Council of Imabari.

In addition to providing stable supplies of safe, high-quality water, the Project is designed to construct a facility that functions as a disaster prevention base and a key water treatment plant from the perspectives of reducing LCC and enhancing business efficiency to support sustainable management of the water supply business. Imabari City upholds the concepts of a safe and secure water supply, a disaster-resistant and resilient water supply, and a sustainable water supply. METAWATER Group, using the results of its extensive business track record as a representative of the private sector, will strive to secure a sustainable water supply, while enhancing and maintaining the public services of Imabari City

Project Outline

1. Project name

Takahashi Water Treatment Plant Construction Project (tentative)

2. Location

17 and others, Takahashiotsu, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture

3. Contractor

METAWATER Group

Participating companies:

• METAWATER Co., Ltd.
  (Representative company, operation and maintenance of mechanical and electric works)
• Shikokutsuken Co., Ltd. (Civil engineering and construction)
• Nihon Suido Consultants Co., Ltd. (Design)
• METAWATER SERVICE Co., Ltd. (Operation and maintenance)
• Kyusetsuaqua Co., Ltd. (Operation and maintenance)

4. Project period

Design and construction period:September 20, 2017 - March 19, 2022 (4 years and 6 months)
Operation and maintenance period:20 years from commencement of service

5. Project method

DBM method
Design and construction, operation, and maintenance of facility will be provided as a package.
Operation and maintenance after completion of facility will be performed by an operation and maintenance JV.

6. Overview of facility

Capacity : 40,000 m³/day Water treatment process : Ceramic membrane filtration process

7. Characteristics of plant and project

• Long life and durability, adopting ceramic membrane with excellent operation and maintenance characteristics
• Implementation of form where design and construction works are handled by a construction work JV, and operation and maintenance work is handled by and operation and maintenance JV.
• Timely information sharing among parties by introducing the Water Business Cloud (WBC), and promoting asset management through data utilization
• Planning a facility that uses geographical conditions