Acciona in key construction milestone for Saudi desalination plant

Acciona in key construction milestone for Saudi desalination plant

Spanish infrastructure major Acciona said it has achieved a key milestone in the construction of the Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant, ramping up production during final testing to full capacity of 450 million liters 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. 

Acciona is the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the Shuqaiq Three Company for Water (S3CW), owner of the Independent Water Project (IWP). 

The project company has a long-term water purchase agreement with the Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC).

The contract included the construction of a large Electrical Special Facility (ESF) to supply the plant with power.  

Acciona Shuqaiq 3 IWP Project Director Jesús García Prieto 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