ACCIONA achieves key construction milestone on Shuqaiq 3 desal plant – MEP MiddleEast

ACCIONA achieves key construction milestone on Shuqaiq 3 desal plant – MEP MiddleEast

Bolsa De Madrid-listed sustainable infrastructure solutions provider ACCIONA has achieved a key milestone in the construction of the Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant, ramping up production during final testing to full capacity of 450m litres of potable water per day, enough to meet the needs of two million people.

The new desalination plant, by the Red Sea, is one of the largest to be built in Saudi Arabia and is already supplying the water network of Abha and Jizan in the southwest of the country, an extremely dry region.

The plant is equipped with energy-efficient Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) technology and is a key project in the modernization of Saudi Arabia’s water sector.