KUWAIT, Feb 7 (KUNA) -- Minister of Public Works, State Minister for Housing Affairs and Acting Information Minister Bader Al-Humeidi signed on Wednesday the treated water transport project agreement worth 15 million Kuwaiti dinars (KD), which takes water from Sulaibiya station to the man-made lake and other northern areas of Kuwait.

After the signing ceremony attended by Head of the Voluntary Action Center Sheikha Amthal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, he told newsmen that the man-made lake in the reserve of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, is a qualitative leap for protection of flora and fauna of Kuwait.

Elaborating he said that the project's completion requires 610 days and maintenance requires 730 days, and still the Ministry is waiting for the approval of the Environment Public Authority (EPA) to commence the pumping of water to the lake which would be needed by the migrating birds.

The project also includes laying supply lines for feeding army barracks in the northern part of the country and increasing the water stranded irrigation at Al-Abdali farms, with capacity up to 40 million gallons per day.

The man made lake objectives, he went on, are two pronged. He said first protection of the marine environment from sewage water pollution and second securing other water resources.

Days ago, the Minister said that Kuwait would witness integration of its sewage water treatment systems.

The announcement came after the minister signed a KD 57 million agreement to construct a sewage water treatment plant in Kabd area.

He revealed that the new deal would elevate sewage water treatment systems in the country especially with the location of the new project being far away from populated areas.

The plant would work according to the latest systems found in sewage water treatment, said the minister, adding that the treated water would be used in watering farmland and cutting the impact on using fresh water in watering plants.

He pointed out that other plants in the south of the country would be redesigned and developed to serve new residential areas.

Al-Humeidi also indicated that the ministry was working on a new policy which would allow contractors to finish their projects at a record time.