The Skikda desalination plant in Algeria has been in operation since 2009 with a capacity to desalinate 100,000 cubic meters of sea water per day through reverse osmosis. It supplies drinking water to the over 600,000 people in the city of Skikda and surrounding areas. The plant uses an intake tower, physicochemical pretreatment, double filtration stages, and five reverse osmosis membrane sets to treat the water. This desalination plant is part of Algeria's national program launched in 2005 to desalinate 1 million cubic meters of water per day to address the country's water scarcity issues.

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