‎Minister of Environment signs agreements to build Rabigh 4 IWP

‎Minister of Environment signs agreements to build Rabigh 4 IWP

Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture and Board Chairman of Saudi Water Partnership Co. (SWPC), Abdulrahman Al Fadley, signed today, April 12, agreements to build the Rabigh 4 independent water project (IWP) in Rabigh governorate, Makkah. The new plant will operate with a capacity of 600,000 m3/day of desalinated water.

In a ministry statement, Al Fadley said the Rabigh 4 IWP will directly provide services to Umrah and Hajj performers, in addition to other beneficiaries in Makkah and Madinah. The project aims to develop the water sector, improve the quality of services, enhance spending efficiency, and benefit from the private sector’s track record in constriction, operation and management. Rabigh 4 also aims to increase the private sector’s contribution to development in line with Vision 2030.

Khaled Alqureshi, CEO of SWPC, said that Rabigh 4 IWP will commence operations in Q1 2016. It will use the reverse osmosis (RO) technology. The project will contribute to reducing electricity consumption, cut operating costs and support local content by raising localization rates.

Rabigh 4 is the 8th water desalination project in partnership with the private sector, after the launch of the National Water Strategy.

The project was offered to investors under the build, own, and operate (BOO) model.