Seawater desalinating plant of 600,000 m3/day capacity. Located in the city of Rabigh, on the Red Sea coast, 150 km north of Jedah in Saudi Arabia, the plant will produce drinking water for human consumption. It is the largest reverse osmosis desalination plant in the country.

1. ABENGOA
Seawaterdesalinationplantof600,000m3
/daycapacity.LocatedinthecityofRabigh,ontheRedSea
coast,150kmNorthofJedahinSaudiArabia,theplantwillproducedrinkingwaterforhuman
consumption.ItisthelargestreverseosmosisdesalinationplantinSaudiArabia.
KeyData
Location:
Rabigh(SaudiArabia)
Capacity:
600,000m3
/day
Tecnology:
ReverseosmosisdesalinationReverseosmosisdesalination
PopulationServed:
3,000,000people
Client:
AcwaPowerandSaudiBrothers
Owner:
WaterandElectricityCompany(WEC)
Tech
Theproject,executedunderaconsortium
agreementwithSepcoIIIandSIDEM
(VeoliaGroup)forAcwaPower,ispartof
theSaudiGovernment’sprogramto
promoteprivateparticipationinthe
country’swatersector.Thetreatedwater
willbedeliveredtothestateWaterand
ElectricityCompany(WEC),guaranteeingElectricityCompany(WEC),guaranteeing
thesupplyofdrinkingwatertothecities
ofMakkahAl-Mokarramah,Jeddahand
Mastorah,astheplantwillpotentially
serveapproximatelythreemillionpeople.
Abengoa,basedonitsvastexperiencein
thewaterdesalinationsector,has
performedforthisprojectaninnovative
designthatguaranteestheplant’s
highestenergyefficiency,reliabilityand
availability.Morespecifically,thisplant
willhaveanintaketower,pressurefilters
andcartridgefiltersforpretreatment,andcartridgefiltersforpretreatment,
doublepassreverseosmosismembrane
treatment,limeandCO2
injectioninthe
post-treatmentandan800m-long
outfall.
Thegenerationofsafedrinkingwateris
keyinregionssuchasMiddleEastdueto
notonlytothescarcityofthisresource,
butalsoanincreasedpopulation.Reverse
osmosisdesalinationconstitutesan
alternativetoobtainqualitywaterinan
efficientmanner,withlowerenergycosts
andlowerrequirementsforphysicalandlowerrequirementsforphysical
spacethanthethermaldesalination
technologythathasbeentraditionally
usedinsaidregion.
Rabigh3Desalination
Plant–SaudiArabia