The DHA water desalination and power generation project, first of its kind in the country will be formally inaugurated on Monday. A DHA statement here on Sunday said, the project will provide 94 MW gross power linked to KESC network and 3 MGD of potable water specific for DHA needs. It said the Desalination Plant has been established by DHA Cogen Limited (DCL), a Company set up under a joint venture agreement between DHA and Messrs Sacoden (Pvt) Limited from Singapore, and its associates. The successful completion of the project manifests a unique example of public-private sector partnership and provides coastal organisations a solution to gain autonomy for their water and power needs. The Plant has been built in DHA Phase-VIII astride Arabian Sea on 10 acres of land at an approximate cost of US$110-115 million in three years' time. The project is being commissioned with full technological back-up of Siemens Pakistan/ Siemens AG Germany and Alfa Laval of Sweden. Alfa Laval has provided the desalination units while Siemens Germany has provided the state-of-the-art combined cycle power plant. The plant consists of gas turbine, heat recovery boiler, steam turbine and two desalination units, which will produce desalinated water through thermal/ evaporative process. The combined fuel cycle utilises exhaust steam from steam turbine through a process of condensation and distillation to produce desalinated water of a very high quality. The desalination plant employs modern multi-effect desalination (MED) evaporation technology, which makes the operating procedures highly efficient. The thermal efficiency of the combined plant ensures a highly competitive and affordable tariff of water and power. The project meets National Environmental Quality Standard (NEQs) and none of the important elements of the environment especially human life, marine ecology and sea life will be affected from the project activity. The Cogeneration Plant offers state-of-the-art contemporary desalination technology to redress scarcity of water and shortage of electricity in areas blessed with waterfront and is a project worth emulation.