Acciona kicks off full operations at Dubai desalination plant
DUBAI, 4 hours, 1 minutes ago Spanish infrastructure major Acciona said it has completed a major milestone in the construction of Dubai’s Jebel Ali Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant, which is now producing at 100% of capacity. The desalination plant, built by Acciona and Besix and owned by Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa), has begun its daily production of 182 million liters of potable water, and is already supplying the city’s water network. With the launch of the plant s operations, it has become one of the largest reverse osmosis desalination plants in the UAE. Acciona said its scope of work included the design and construction of the facility.
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Acciona marks construction milestone at Dubai SWRO plant
DUBAI, December 23, 2020 Leading Spanish infrastructure major Acciona said it has achieved a key milestone in the construction of the Jebel Ali desalination plant located in Dubai with the production of the first cubic meter of potable water. The plant, equipped with energy-efficient seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) technology, is a critical project in the modernisation of the water sector being undertaken by Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa). Its capacity makes it one of the largest desalination plants in the UAE, said Acciona, the EPC contractor for Jebel Ali SWRO. Once the plant gets completed by 2021, it will produce 182,000 cu m of potable water per day, serving a population of 700,000 inhabitants.