Desalination plant in Skikda, Algeria, with a desalination capacity of 100,000 cubic meters per day.

1. ABENGOA
It’soneofthefirstdesalinationplantsconstructedinthecountryandthankstoits100.000m3
/day
productioncapacity,itsuppliesdrinkingwatertothecityofSkikdaandthepetrochemicalcomplex
whereit’slocatedsince2009.
Inoperationandmaintenancesince2009.
KeyData
Location:
Skikda(Algeria)
Capacity:
100,000m3
/day
Tecnología:
ReverseosmosisReverseosmosis
Owner:
Sonatrachand
AlgeriennedesAux
Populationserved:
600,000
Tech
Abengoabuiltandhasbeenoperatingasea
waterdesalinationplantinSkikda,whichhasa
capacitytodesalinate100,000m3
ofwaterper
daythroughreverseosmosis.Thisdesalination
plant,whichsupplydrinkingwatertothecity
whereit’slocatedanditssurroundings,
supposedforAbengoaahighlightinits
internationalexpansioninthedesalinationinternationalexpansioninthedesalination
market.
TheSkikdadesalinationplanthasanintake
towerandaphysicochemicalpretreatment
processwithadoublefiltrationstage,with
doublelayerfiltersandmicrofiltrationwith
cartridgefilters.Thenextstageiscomposedby
fivereverseosmosismembranesetsof20,000
m3/dayeachone,withanenergyrecovery
systemandapost-treatmentofsystemandapost-treatmentof
remineralizationthroughdolomiteslittersand
sodiumhypochloritedose.Finally,ithasa
treatedwatertankof2,750m3
.
Thisdesalinationplantispartofthe
desalinationprogramlaunchedbythe
GovernmentofArgeliain2005,whichbecame
aleadingstandardintheindustry,aimedat
mitigatingthecountry’slackofwaterby
supplyingonemillioncubicmetersofwaterper
day.AbengoahasalsoconstructedinAlgeria
thedesalinationplantsofHonaineandTénès,thedesalinationplantsofHonaineandTénès,
bothwithacapacityof200,000m3
/day.The
companysuppliesto2,500,000peopleinthis
country.
SkikdaDesalination
Plant-Algeria