Challenges and issues that occur in the wastewater treatment plant in Oman

The challenges and issues that occur in the wastewater management treatment plan in Oman are as mentioned below:

 Inappropriate policies from the government Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

        Even though the government of Oman has already made many efforts for the wastewater treatment plan in the country, but still, there is a lack of policies which support the plan. For example, there is no appropriate policy from the government to guide the allocation of funds to increase the progress of the wastewater treatment plan itself. The government of Oman still has not established for appropriate laws, procedures, and also the monitoring standards that will able to promote the progress of wastewater treatment systems. There is no commitment from the government to pronounce the wastewater policy along with the strategy for the entire countries of the region, especially the countries that suffering from the water inadequacy (World Health Organization, 2005).

 High-cost of wastewater treatment systems Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

        The government of Oman is challenged by the high cost of wastewater treatment systems, which considered to be above the previous financial budget. If the country wants to apply the proper wastewater treatment systems, the government need to spend more budget to get the systems. Until now, Oman is still using low-cost and practical systems to apply to the wastewater treatment plan. As a result, the systems might not be suitable for the local circumstance of the country (Zimmo & Imseih, 2010).

 Lack of proper wastewater treatment systems in Oman

        So far, Oman still does not have a conservative and centralized wastewater collection along with the treatment systems. The country still needs to figure out for proper wastewater treatment systems which will able to be applied by using the latest technologies. However, the high-costs of wastewater treatment systems seems to be the reason for this issue to occur. In addition to this, there is still a lack of integrity and credibility of data entered in the system that will provide the databases for the experts and scientists (World Health Organization, 2005).

 Lack of experts to support the plan Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

        There is a lack of experts to support the wastewater treatment plan in Oman since there are no educational programs in any colleges or university that related to wastewater treatment. There is still a lack of educational programs available in the country for sanitary engineers, analytical chemists, or microbiologists as well. Until now, the wastewater treatment plan in Oman still considered being a lack of engineers, laboratory analyst, plant operators, planners, and also decision-makers. The country also needs planners and design engineers who will collaborate with the farmers to make well-prepared design along with the management instructions for the wastewater treatment plan (Zimmo & Imseih, 2010).

 Environmental impacts Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

        There is some evidence of environmental impacts from wastewater treatment plan in Oman. For example, such as the amount of pollution that impact on public health and also harm the environment as well. Some of the people that live in the area of wastewater treatment plan has been complaining about the impact that the treatment has made to the environment as well (World Health Organization, 2005).

 Haya Water Plants to Invest OMR

The company establishment year Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

        Haya water is referred as the registered trademark from the companies of the Oman. It is one of the leading wastewater companies in SAOC. In December 2002 it was established as Omani closed joint stock Company.  It is also owned by the government of the Oman and it has awarded by the concession for developing, designing, implementing, operating and maintaining the facilities of the wastewater in Oman by the Governorate of the Muscat according to the royal Decree No. 69/2005.

        There are currently 14 project exciting by the Haya water around the Oman from which 3 projects are executing in the Baushar, 4 projects are executing in A' Seeb, 3 projects will started soon in Muttrah and remaining 4 projects are executed Al Amirat. In case of the good and greater achievements of the Haya water in the several operational areas such as; the areas of the management and execution and planning of the waste water project in the Sultnatae of the Oman.

        In 2014, the responsibilities has been assigned to the Haya water by the government for the management, execution and planning of the facilities of the wastewater in all  governorates excluding Dhofar at where Haya Water took over the waste water assets of 57 sewage treatment plants at 44 different wilayats. For achieving its mission and goal Haya water is working conscientiously by utilizing the projects system of the structured waste water. Haya water is struggling for sustain and achieve the vision that is related to making Oman healthier and greener.

The Vision of Haya water

“To maximize connectivity and sustain a world class water reuse system, thus protecting Oman’s environment through proficient talent and satisfied stakeholders”

The Mission of the Haya water

“Serving society by converting wastewater into environment-friendly products”

Ongoing projects around Oman Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

        Ongoing projects are considered as the major worthy of any organization because it’s good ways to know about the reputation and financial situation of any organization.  The current project and ongoing projects are speaking evidence to represents the all condition of the organization. There are currently 14 project exciting by the Haya water around the Oman from which 3 projects are executing in the Baushar, 4 projects are executing in A' Seeb, 3 projects will started soon in Muttrah and remaining 4 projects are executed Al Amirat. In 2014, the responsibilities has been assigned to the Haya water by the government for the management, execution and planning of the facilities of the wastewater in all  governorates excluding Dhofar at where Haya Water took over the waste water assets of 57 sewage treatment plants at 44 different wilayats.

        Haya water plants are planning to do investment in a way in which they are going to makes their future investment more secure and hence they are going to increase their working efficiency very much improved and unique. The thing is that the more you try your new ways the better you consider yourself a successful career ahead. Haya waters are very much purified and they use appropriate hygienic techniques in order to increase the working nature of the Haya waters in terms of increasing its revenue and sales amount. They are planning to invest OMR in their water plants. OMR techniques are used to purify water more easily and hence they are going to manage the whole water supply system smoothly and properly.

        In six catchments Areas Company is going to eyeing building the pipelines treating plants and making trunk lines appropriate and well managed. Every company faces some issues in terms of selling their product in the market. The most important issue is the competitor’s strengths and the products they are going to offer in the market to the customer. The issue must be resolved by keeping an eye on the competitors’ products and strategies that what they are going to implement in the market to make themselves more successful and efficient in the market as compared to other rivals working in the market.

        The managerial issues are also tackled by the company as they are very much important to consider keenly and efficiently in an organization to keep the working of the organization active and smooth. The competitive strategy that company should be made may concern the big issues in the working methods of the organization that they are according to the need and want of the organization or they are difficult to earn a handsome profit rate for the company when it is implemented in the company.

        There should be the number of alternatives must be kept at one side by the organization that in time of an emergency or issue they may implement this alternative and do not lose their confidence of customers on them. The alternatives may be in the form of having more employees for delivery in case someone gets sick. The alternative may be the collection of products that you are serving at a bulk rate so that at the time of any occasion you may offer people a good discount and people take more from you. These alternatives must be considered carefully in the Company.

        It is to recommend to the Haya Water Company that they must manage a lot of extra supply in their warehouses of the products with which they are dealing. They should always be aware of the rival’s attack. The must suggests many of the alternative ways in terms of getting out from any difficult situation if stuck. The recommended terms if Haya Water implies in their management strategy then they will be able to get out of their issues as well as they can easily achieve high growth target in the market.

                Summing up all the discussion we can say that Haya Water Company is the great company in terms of selling online products through social media. The products that provide to the people are of high quality as well as they deliver the products on the specified time. Their every type of analysis makes them realize the strengths, weaknesses, issues of the company so that company can get out of them. The company should look after towards its rivals because if they do not maintain their efficiency well then their rivals will take their place in the market. . This problem can only be solved by taking extra ordinary care towards the expenses and towards the needs and wants of the people and the employee’s organizations. Therefore, when people use to say that this company is global then they must own it and maintained it well to get the best possible outcome of the solution.

        The company Haya Water is financially very strong. As the products they are going to serve to the people are of the best quality. The quality matters a lot to the customers as they are going to purchase it with money. The financial condition of this website is very much efficient and précised as well as they are going to manage the price-quantity from the user that they are going to work on the prices very much efficiently and easily as well as the finance department of the company deals and manages the best deals by offering some discounts to the customers in terms of making customers more attractive towards their website. The finance department is very much important to consider keenly in terms of maintaining the actual needs of the finance department of the company.

        To analyze a situation of any of the company one must look after the expenses of the country well and as well as they are going to manage their current strategies on a high scale so that they can give out the best results to the people as well as they will improve the living standard of the people by having the good and great variety products by the same affordable price that rich people can only have. The finance in every organization is the top most priority for every person as all the dealings are concerned with the finance department.

        Haya water are planning to do investment in a way in which they are going to makes their future investment more secure and hence they are going to increase their working efficiency very much improved and unique. The thing is that the more you try your new ways the better you consider yourself a successful career ahead. Haya waters are very much purified and they use appropriate hygienic techniques in order to increase the working nature of the haya waters in terms of increasing its revenue and sales amount. They are planning to invest OMR in their water plants. OMR techniques are used to purify water

 Statement of the problem and Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

        One of the key objectives and ultimate goal of any organization is to complete and deliver its projects on time and within the allocated budget. However, this goal has become difficult and challenging for Haya water to achieve. Haya water is facing a problem of delay for delivery of its projects timely. This problem has a big impact and results time and cost overrun, loss of revenues and inconvenience/complaints from the residents (Public).Therefore, the aim of this research is to explore and investigate the factors contributing to the delays on wastewater projects in Oman from client, contractor, consultant and related external factors prospectively. The outcome of this research will contribute positively to the economy of Oman and enhance the performance of Wastewater Industry and will also help the company to achieve its vision to connect the capital of Muscat by 80% of network and sewer line in 2023.

        In addition it will help the regulators, policy makers to re-organize the Wastewater sector in Oman. It is expected that the outcome of this research shall help identify and investigate in depth the most top factors of the delay caused by the client (Haya Water), contractor, Consultant and other external factor in wastewater industry. Also, shall help analyze the causes and suggest the ways of minimizing and control the issue. The below table illustrates some examples of the delayed on-going mega and critical waste water infrastructure projects executed by Haya water. A project of B3B (USD $ 64.740 Million) at Al Khuwair area for Balance Works North and South, this projects was awarded in March, 2015 and supposed to be completed and delivered in March, 2017 in two years’ time.

        However, there is delay of the project and the actual completion date will be September, 2019, there is a delay of two years and six months from the original completion date. Another project (USD $ 81.059 Million) for B9-Al Ansab STP Expansion Phase II construction in the same area was awarded in August, 2015 and the agreed completion date was in August, 2017 for 2 years. However, the project got delayed for one year and the actual completion date was in July 2018. Another project (USD $ 228.0336 Million) was awarded in another area C1-Al Seeb area in June, 2008 and the original completion date was March, 2011 in three years’ time. However, the project got delayed until November, 2017 a delay of six years from the original delivery date.

 Research objectives on Wastewater Projects in Oman

The major objectives of this study are evaluation the factors that are becoming the cause of the delay in the water treatment projects and all of these factors can be the route of the committing the products in well manner. The other main objectives of this research study are:

To explore the factors of delays of wastewater projects in Oman caused by client, contractor, and consultant and external related factors.

To classify and rate the top ten factors of delays by each party i.e. Client, Contractor, and Consultant or other external factors prospectively.

To investigate the impact of the delays based on the classification and rating.

To develop a framework /a solution to minimize/reduce the factors of delays caused by each party.

 Research questions on Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

This research study is going to find answers for the following questions:

What are the factors of delays of wastewater projects in Oman?

What are the top ten factors caused by each party (Client, Contractor, and Consultant or external related factors?

What is the impact of the delay caused by each party?

What are the means and ways of reducing/minimizing the factors causing delays by each party?

 Scope of study Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

        This research study provides detailed information regarding the Haya water project of Oman. The researcher can get good knowledge regarding the Haya water project of Oman, and it would help the research in furthering their research effectively. In this research study, both primary and secondary data research methods are used that improve the reliability and validity of the research. This research regarding the Haya water project of Oman also helps to get the information to be used in the future project of the waste management in Oman and get a better understating of the different factors of the Haya water project of Oman.  This research is authentic and also fills the gap between the previous researches because it discusses the different factors involved in the Haya water project of Oman and there is a detailed evaluation of the primary and secondary data analysis of the research.

 Justification of the study Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

        In this research study, both qualitative and quantitative research methods are used to increase the overall authenticity of the research. The economy of Oman is changing rapidly that have a huge impact on the Haya water project of Oman. The primary data is used to get more up to date results according to the changing economic conditions of Oman. The primary data used in this research study would possibly increase the overall reliability of the research. In this research, the secondary data we also use extensively for the qualitative research that would provide the deep understating of the topic regarding Haya water project of Oman and to analysis the researches of previous researchers. The mixed approached of the qualitative and quantitative research methods in the research would make this research more up to date and authentic to be used in the future by the researchers to get detailed knowledge about the Haya water project of Oman.

 Application of professional practice Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

Some of the professional practices that would be applied in this research study are as follow:

Act with truthfulness.

Deliver a high level of service.

Have suitable insurance.

The act that encourages trust in the work.

Do not discriminate against parties on any grounds.

Offer an argument to resolve service.

Adopt an ethical method

Just undertake work for that there is suitable capability.

Guarantee that standings for the appointment are clear.

Do not carry the profession into disgrace.

Validate a commitment to ongoing professional development.

 Application to methodology approaches Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

            In this research study, there two types of research approaches are user one is the qualitative research that is carried out by using the previous researchers work, and another other approach is the quantitative research that is carried out by using the primary data for the research. In this research study for the primary data, the questionnaire method would be used. .This research will continue to study the same, but it will look into it from a different perspective that is specifically on the factors causing and contributing delays on wastewater project in Oman. The selection of factors causing delays of time and cost overrun have been collected and consolidated from the past theories that will be (Contractor related, Consultant related, Client related and other factors. The theories are collected from different industries in Oman and other countries such as Malaysia, India, Jordan, Kuwait, and Qatar and will link these Independent variables with Wastewater industry to explore and investigate further the factors causing delay on wastewater projects and the impact. Other factors may be added if found in qualitative and quantitative, questioner/interviews during the data collection process.

 Operational definition Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

        In this research study, there are a total of five variable from which one variable "delay in wastewater project" depends variable and remaining four client-related factors, contractor related factors, external factors and the consultant related factors are the independent variables of the research.  All of the independent variables = in this research study are having a sort of impact on the dependent variable. In this research study, it is expected that there is a positive relationship between the variables.

 Thesis Delimitation Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

        This research is majorly focused on the Oman country as the wastewater project is part of the country. All of the factors that are discussed in this research are applicable only in the Oman economical and governmental structure. The financial policy of Oman will continue to be tight as rates of interest rise. For Oman, the core social distress is the deficiency of jobs and the opposing effects of funding reform on susceptible households. The scenario of employment has been thought-provoking, in spite of economic activity getting a boost. In Oman conditions of inflation continued to be supportive and comfortable of development, in spite of some flow in inflation in the current past.

 Structure of the thesis Exploring Factors Causing Delays on Wastewater Projects in Oman

Introduction:

the introduction is the first section of the research paper that discussion about the overview of the Oman economy and the background of the research at hand. In this section, the problem of the research, research objectives and research questions are also defined. It is expected that the outcome of this research shall help identify and investigate in depth the most top factors of the delay caused by the client (Haya Water), contractor, Consultant and another external factor in the wastewater industry. Also, they shall help analyze the causes and suggest ways of minimizing and control the issue. The scope and justification of the study with the methodological approaches and the thesis delimitations are also discussed in this section of the research study.