ACCIONA, the Spanish global developer and manager of sustainable infrastructure solutions, has announced that it has completed the construction of the Al Khobar I desalination plant in Saudi Arabia and that the plant is producing water beyond its nominal capacity since December 26, 2020.

In a statement, the company explained that the seawater desalination reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant, of high energy efficiency, is a key project in the modernisation program for the Kingdom’s water sector, which is currently being carried out by Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) of Saudi Arabia.

The plant, which will produce 210,000 cubic meters of drinking water per day, will supply a population equivalent of 350,000, the statement added, pointing out that it is one of the biggest desalination plants in Saudi Arabia in terms of capacity.

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