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The Malcolm Park Wastewater Treatment Facility is a primary treatment plant that is adjacent to the City of Nassua, located on the northeast end of New Providence, Bahamas.  The original facility was built in the 1930’s and through time has had much of its infrastructure out-of-service.  Some initial design problems with the sludge removal system curtailed the effectiveness of the treatment process and limited operation and maintenance activities also impacted the condition of critical facility components. Consequently, the facility was in need of improvements and upgrades. 

The field exploration and drilling program schedules were very aggressive, as was the objective of developing 15 imgd of new groundwater supply. The previous, major island-wide assessment of the groundwater supply potential, by a Dutch company in 1999, concluded that the potential was extremely small and that future water needs would need to be met by the construction of multiple new large surface impoundments. However, our joint venture program's reassessment indicated very large supply potential. The technical program we applied was "cutting edge" and required the integration of multiple current analytical techniques and technologies.

The need for the Bahamas Water and Sewerage Corporation to develop a comprehensive master plan for providing water and wastewater services on New Providence was recognized and documented in the Integrated Water Resources Management Plan for the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (IWRMP).