Acciona to build, operate 3 sewage treatment plants in Saudi Arabia

Acciona to build, operate 3 sewage treatment plants in Saudi Arabia

Acciona with its local partners Tawzea and Tamasuk, has been awarded the financing, construction and 25-year operation of the Madinah-3, Buraydah-2 and Tabuk-2 sewage treatment plants in Saudi Arabia. These new contracts, awarded by the state-owned Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), are worth a combined $1bn (€855m). These are the first BOOT/EPC (build, own, operate and transfer/engineering, procurement and construction) contracts that Acciona has signed in the area of wastewater treatment in the Middle East. The Madinah-3 wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) will be located in Medina and will have a capacity of 200,000 m3/day (expandable to 375,000 m3/day) to treat urban wastewater. The company will be responsible for the facility’s development, design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance for 25 years, a statement said. The group will also build 23km of recycled water collectors for irrigation, three storage tanks and the respective pumping stations. The Buraydah-2 (150,000 m3/day) and Tabuk-2 (90,000 m3/day) sewage treatment plants are located in rural areas in the central and northern regions of the country, respectively, and will serve one million inhabitants. Acciona will develop, design, finance, construct and operate these two facilities for 25 years and will also build 34km of recycled water collectors for Buraydah-2