Running COST of water treatment plant mainly includes water resource fee, electric cost, chemical cost, staff cost, maintenance and replacement cost, administration cost, and bank interests .
Water treatment plant construction cost
| Item | Description | Calculation |
Cost Monthly US$ |
Percentage |
| Water resource fee | $0.07/m3 | 0.07*100,000*30 | $210,000 | 43% |
| Electricity fee | For 50 m head, efficiency 0.80 | 0.17 Kwh*0.10*100,000*30 | $51,000 | 11% |
| Chemical fee | 20 mg/L FeCl3, 3 mg/L Cl2 | (0.02*1.5+0.003*1)*100,000*30 | $99,000 | 20% |
| Staff cost | 24 staff, average $2500/month salary | 24*2500 | $60,000 | 12% |
| Administration cost | 50% of staff cost | 24*2500*50% | $30,000 | 6% |
| Maintenance and replacement cost | yearly 1% of total construction cost | 400*1%/12*100,000 | $33,333 | 7% |
| Total monthly cost | $483,333 | 100% | ||
| Cost /m3 | Total cost/ 100,000/30 | $0.16 | ||
| Note: The tabe is for illustration of calculation, so the value may differ from real situations. | ||||