The company has been selected by the government of the Hong Kong SAR for developing the first stage of Tseung Kwan O desalination plant, for which the company recently completed a feasibility study.
The firm identified green energy opportunities under the feasibility study which could reduce energy costs at the facility.
Upon completion of the phase I construction, the plant will have an initial capacity of 36 million gallons per day (MGD), which will account for nearly 5% of the water demand in Hong Kong.
Black & Veatch will carry out design and construction supervision across the phase I development of the facility, which will further be expanded by adding another 36MGD capacity.
Black & Veatch China water business vice president and managing director Alan Man said: "Throughout the world new solutions are emerging that derive synergies across water, energy and waste resources.
"Energy is a high cost for water utilities and innovatively generated power can yield both financial and environmental benefits for the project."
Black & Veatch has been appointed by Singapore’s national water agency Public Utilities Board (PUB) to provide consultancy services for the country’s fourth desalination plant in Marina East having a capacity of 36MGD.
The project is expected to treat water from two different sources including seawater from the Singapore Straits and raw water from the Marina Reservoir.
The company will also deliver preliminary design for the facility under a Design-Build-Own-Operate (DBOO) arrangement.
Black & Veatch water business president Cindy Wallis said: "Both desalination projects are further examples of how these leading Asian cities are applying progressive thinking to secure future water supplies for their people."