The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has received bids from at least three groups for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build the planned 1 million cubic metre a day (cm/d) Jubail 2 desalination plant. For the 600,000 cm/d Shuaiba 5 desalination plant, SWCC awarded a contract to the local Rawafid and Advanced Water Technology (AWT) to build the 600,000 cm/d Shuaiba 5 desalination plant.
In a presentation to the City Council, Eshelman-Vogt groundwater project representative Michael Mintz described a “huge, very low-saline reservoir” situated in “very unique location.”
Obor Infrastructure, a holding enterprise established in Singapore, owns two water companies, each operating a water treatment plant on the Indonesian island of Java, with a total capacity of 425,000 m3/day, and plans to increase the capacity by an additional 160,000 m3/day in the short to medium term. They supply drinking water to several districts in Greater Jakarta, the second-largest urban area on the planet.
The ceremony was attended by Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Etihad Water and Electricity, along with Yousef Ahmed Al Ali, CEO of the company, and several senior officials.
The company announced Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia‘s Al Khorayef Group to localize production of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes.
The 250l/s reverse osmosis plant went to a consortium comprising La Peninsular Compañía Constructora and Acciona Agua, which has a 25-year concession to design, build and operate it. Another contract for the integral improvement of the distribution system went to a consortium comprising FCC Aqualia and Aqualia México for 1.3bn pesos, which now holds a 10-year concession to improve, operate and maintain the system.
The project is designed to deliver 450,000 cu m/day of potable water using advanced reverse osmosis technology powered by solar energy, in a significant step forward in sustainable infrastructure development.
Expected to commence operations in the first quarter of 2027, the plant will occupy 70,400 m2 of land and include a 45,000 cubic meter potable water reservoir.
Two Portuguese-Spanish consortiums are in the final stretch of the tender for the construction of the Algarve desalination plant, a 90 million euro project financed by the PRR, to be completed by 2026, according to several sources contacted by Lusa.
Chilean miner Antofagasta Minerals on Thursday inaugurated a more than $2 billion desalination plant for its flagship copper mine in Chile, Los Pelambres, aimed at relieving the effects of severe drought that has hit production.