VA Tech Wabag has secured a domestic order from Reliance Industries (RIL) to design, engineer, manufacture, supply, erect and commission an effluent treatment plant (ETP) at the Dhirubhai Ambani Green Energy Giga Complex (DAGEGC) in Jamnagar, Gujarat, according to a Business Standard report published on 7 September 2026. Under the company's project classification, the value of the award is placed in the range of Rs 100 crore to Rs 250 crore, as reported by Prop News Time.
Key takeaways
- VA Tech Wabag booked a 'Medium' order classified between Rs 100 crore and Rs 250 crore from Reliance Industries, disclosed on 7 September 2026 (Business Standard).
- The scope covers design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, erection and commissioning of an ETP at the Dhirubhai Ambani Green Energy Giga Complex, Jamnagar (Business Standard).
- The treatment train will combine chemical and biological stages with sludge treatment that uses low-temperature drying (Business Standard).
- Project completion is scheduled within 13 months from award (Business Standard).
- The order is described as a repeat engagement between VA Tech Wabag and RIL, with no promoter or related-party interest in the awarding entity (Prop News Time).
What happened
VA Tech Wabag informed the exchanges that it had received the award from RIL, with the project to be executed at the Dhirubhai Ambani Green Energy Giga Complex at Jamnagar, according to the Business Standard filing reproduced on 7 September 2026. The ETP will be designed using state-of-the-art chemical and biological treatment technologies, with sludge handled through a low-temperature drying system for efficient sludge management, the Business Standard report states.
Under WABAG's own project classification, the contract qualifies as a 'Medium' domestic order, a bracket that covers values between Rs 100 crore and Rs 250 crore, according to Prop News Time. The execution window is set at 13 months, the Business Standard report notes, and the scope is full EPC rather than an equipment-only supply.
Sivakumar V, Senior General Manager – Sales and Marketing, India Cluster at WABAG, framed the award as a continuation of an existing relationship, saying it reflects RIL's continued confidence in WABAG's capabilities and the company's established relationship with the industrial group, as quoted by Prop News Time. The filing reviewed by Prop News Time also states the order does not involve any promoter or promoter-group interest in the awarding entity and is not a related-party transaction.
Specification read
The reported contract value is bracketed at Rs 100–250 crore for a full EPC effluent treatment plant at a single petrochemical-adjacent giga-complex site, with a 13-month execution window (Business Standard). Daily-flow capacity was not disclosed in either report, so no m³/day figure can be quoted from the sources. As a class reference, an industrial ETP in the Rs 100–250 crore EPC range for a complex this size typically sits in the low double-digit-MLD envelope (general industry range, not from the sources). The treatment train named in the report — chemical treatment followed by biological treatment, with sludge handled by low-temperature drying — is a configuration suited to organic-laden refinery and petrochemical effluents where biological oxidation does the carbon and partial nutrient load reduction, and thermal sludge drying keeps the solids handling train compact; a buyer running a similar influent would look at Chemical process water and at Sludge Treatment dewatering/drying trains for the back end. If your plant is handling a mixed refinery or chemicals wastewater at multi-MLD scale, with high BOD/COD and tightening discharge or reuse limits, the procurement signal from this award is that EPC contractors are still pricing 13-month builds for full chemical-plus-biological ETPs with thermal sludge drying in the low- to mid-hundred-crore band, and the Dhirubhai Ambani Green Energy Giga Complex at Jamnagar is the reference site. Upstream intake handling and dust control on the construction site would also be in scope; for adjacent guidance see Air Dust Treatment solutions typically specified at greenfield complexes of this footprint. Operators evaluating biological-stage alternatives can also benchmark against comparable DAF vs Clarifier for Cincinnati Chemicals Wastewater: 2026 Factory Guide and DAF vs Clarifier for Mining/Metals Wastewater in Nome, US: 2026 Factory Guide case material.
FAQ
What exactly did WABAG win from RIL?
A 'Medium' domestic order to design, engineer, manufacture, supply, erect and commission an effluent treatment plant at the Dhirubhai Ambani Green Energy Giga Complex in Jamnagar, with completion scheduled in 13 months (Business Standard).
What is the value of the order?
WABAG has classified the contract as 'Medium', which under its disclosure framework covers values between Rs 100 crore and Rs 250 crore (Prop News Time).
What treatment steps are in scope?
The plant will use chemical and biological treatment technologies, with sludge handled via low-temperature drying for efficient sludge management (Business Standard).
How long will execution take and is the order a related-party transaction?
Execution is scheduled within 13 months from award. WABAG's filing states the order does not involve any promoter or promoter-group interest in the awarding entity and is not a related-party transaction (Prop News Time).
