Shuqaiq 3 SWRO plant awarded at Global Water Summit Awards

AT THE GLOBAL Water Summit Awards on 9 May this year, the Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant was awarded in the ‘Desalination Plant of the Year’ category.

The highly energy­efficient SWRO plant is a key project in the modernisation of the water sector currently being carried out in Saudi Arabia by the Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC).

The GWI awards recognise major achievements in the water sector in the previous year, rewarding initiatives and companies that contribute to the development of the industry through improvements in operational performance, the adoption of innovative technologies, and sustainable financial models.

Shuqaiq 3 SWRO is one of the biggest seawater desalination plants using reverse osmosis technology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, capable of supplying two million people in the Asir and Jizan areas. The plant, which is already producing water at full capacity, produces 450,000 cu m of potable water per day, making it a