The Jubail 3A desalination plant that Abengoa is building in Saudi Arabia will be one of the largest with reverse osmosis technology in the country and it will have the capacity to supply drinking water to three million people.

1. ABENGOA
TheJubaildesalinationplant,underconstructionbyAbengoainconsortiumwiththeengineeringand
constructioncompanySEPCOIII,willbeoneofthelargestdesalinationplantwithreverseosmosis
technologyinSaudiArabia.
Underconstruction
KeyData
Location:
Jubail(SaudiArabia)
Capacity:
600,000m3
/day
Technology:
reverseosmosisreverseosmosis
Owner:
ACWAPower
Offtaker:
SaudiWaterPartnership
Company(SWPC)
Peopleserved:
3,000,0003,000,000
Tech
Thisplantwillbeoneofthelargestplantswith
reverseosmosistechnologyinthecountryand
willguaranteethecleanwatersupplyto
Oriental,RiadandOassimprovincesduringthe
year.TheprojectispartoftheSaudi
government’sprogramforthepromotionof
privateparticipationinthewatersectorofthe
country.Thedeveloperconsortiumisformedbycountry.Thedeveloperconsortiumisformedby
ACWAPower,GulfInvestmentCorporationand
AlBawaniWater&PowerCompany.The
desalinatedwaterwillbesuppliedtothe
state-ownedcompanySaudiWaterPartnership
Company,promoterofthisproject.
Thescopeoftheprojectincludesseawater
intake,pumping,pretreatment,reverseosmosis
systemwithenergyrecovery,post-treatment,
pumpingstation,tanksforthestorageofthe
treatedwaterwithacapacityofonedayof
production,effluenttreatment,dischargeby
outfallandfieldsolarphotovoltaic,aswellas
theassociatedelectricalinstallationsthattheassociatedelectricalinstallationsthat
comprisetheconstructionofanelectrical
substationof380/33kV.Thephotovoltaicsolar
fieldallowsthereduction,inasustainableway,
oftheenergyconsumptionofthedesalination
plant.
Jubail’swillbeAbengoa’sthirddesalination
planttobebuiltinSaudiArabiaandthe
seventhinMiddleEast,whereAbengoais
currentlyconstructingfourlargedesalination
plantsmore.Withthisplant,Abengoais
consolidatedasaleadingcompanyinthe
desalinationsectorworldwide,withaninstalled
capacityof1,7millionofmcapacityof1,7millionofm3
/day,whichwillbe
extendedto4,3millionwhentheportfolioin
executioniscompleted.
completeelporfolioenejecución
Jubail3Adesalination
plant-SaudiArabia