Acciona achieves key production milestone at Saudi desal plant

Acciona achieves key production milestone at Saudi desal plant

Spanish infrastructure major Acciona has achieved a key milestone in the construction of Al Khobar 2 desalination plant, ramping up production during final testing to its full capacity of 630,000 cu m of potable water per day, enough to meet the needs of 3 million people.

The new desalination plant by the East of Saudi Arabia, which is already supplying the water network for Al Khobar, is one of the largest to be built in the kingdom and the largest reverse osmosis desalination plant built by Acciona worldwide, said the company in a statement.

The plant is equipped with energy-efficient Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) technology and is a key project in the modernisation of Saudi water sector, it stated.

Lauding the project team for the milestone, Javier Nieto, KSA Country Director for Water Business, said: "This milestone is the result of good teamwork between the client, our engineers and the construction teams. Now that we are entering the final testing and commissioning stages, we will undertake several tests to make sure everything works perfectly."

"We are proud to have reached this milestone at Al Khobar 2. It proves Acciona’s commitment to delivering good work to our clients on time, and of our ability