ACCIONA Agua already has experience in the water treatment business in Saudi Arabia – in 2012 it was awarded the contract to design, build and commission the Al Jubail RO4 seawater desalination plant for Marafiq along with SBG-PCMC, which serves both the city and the industrial complex in the country’s Eastern Province, on the Arab Sea coast.

Julio de la Rosa, Head of Business Development for ACCIONA Agua in the Middle East commented:

“I think ACCIONA Agua was selected as the most favourable contractor by SWCC because of the highly efficient design, which enabled us to offer not only a very competitive price for EPC but to optimize the OPEX and the Specific Power Consumption, not to mention our proven track record worldwide and in the GCC.

“This Project will be our sixth seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant in the Gulf. Working with SWCC is a major leap for ACCIONA Agua since SWCC is the largest desalination company in the world. In the future, we expect to offer our high-end solutions to SWCC and to other clients in the region.”

Jesús Sancho, Middle East Managing Director for ACCIONA Infrastructure added that ACCIONA had a solid record of delivering sustainable growth in the Gulf.