ACCIONA wraps-up Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant construction in Saudi

ACCIONA wraps-up Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant construction in Saudi

The Spanish multinational conglomerate, ACCIONA has completed the construction of the Saudi Water Partnership Company’s (SWPC) Shuqaiq 3 Independent Water Project (IWP) Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination in Saudi Arabia.

The SWRO plant is the region’s first large-scale plant that uses highly energy-efficient pure reverse osmosis technology. It will supply up to 150 Hm3 (gigaliters) of high-quality water annually, meeting the demand in the Asir and Jizan provinces, which are home to nearly 4 million people.

The plant, which has now started operating in full capacity, is a key project in the modernization of the water sector that is currently being carried out by the SWPC of Saudi Arabia.

ACCIONA is the Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contractor for the Shuqaiq 3 IWP desalination plant, which will produce 450,000 cubic meters of potable water per day. The project also includes the EPC of a large Electrical Special Facility (ESF) to feed the plant with the power and some other additional installations from the existing power plants in the vicinity.

Julio de la Rosa

Director – Water Business

ACCIONA Middle East “We are very proud to contribute with the measures implemented by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to rationalize water consumption as part of its Vision 2030