The Saudi publicly-owned Corporation Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has awarded ACCIONA, and its partner RTCC, the design and construction of the Shuqaiq 1 desalination plant on the Red Sea coast in Saudi Arabia. The contract amount awarded is US $384 million.

The plant, equipped with reverse osmosis technology, will have a daily capacity of 400,000 m3/day.

It will help to improve the supply of drinking water and offset water shortages in south-west Saudi Arabia by providing a new source of potable water.

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