Framework Agreement for 26 wastewater treatment and desalination plants

Key facts

Beneficiary population: 20 million (supply to 15 million and wastewater treatment for 5 million).

Concession for the construction and operation of desalination and water treatment systems based on public-private partnerships:
14 desalination plants with a total production capacity of almost 6 million m3/day. Three plants will achieve a net capacity of 600,000 m3 per day per unit (Jubail 3A, Jubail 3B and Rabigh 4).
12 wastewater treatment projects, to implement a treatment capacity of nearly 1.5 million m3/day. One of the treatment plants will achieve a capacity of 375,000 m3 per day. (Medinah 3).

Technology:
Desalination: reverse osmosis, combined in some cases with photovoltaic plants to reduce specific energy consumption
Wastewater treatment: innovative systems such as Nereda technology or continuous flow SBR will be used, introducing cogeneration systems in some plants to obtain better energy efficiency and consumption.