Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has announced the successful financial close of Rabigh-4 IWP, an Independent Water Plant with a 600,000 cu m/day capacity. A consortium led by Saudi-based Acwa Power is developing the project.
Saudi national rowing team player Hussein Ali Reda has won membership in the first-ever Athletes Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) for West Asia. Following a three-week election process held on the sidelines of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, a Saudi rower has been appointed to the nine-member committee. Over 8,000 Asian athletes participated in the election process and cast their votes, selecting ten candidates from a pool of 26 Asian athletes.
A consortium led by Acwa Power, a major Saudi developer of power and desalination projects, has been awarded the contract to develop an independent water project at Rabigh in Makkah region which will have a production capacity of 600,000 cu m per day.
A consortium led by Acwa Power, a leading Saudi developer of power and desalination projects, has emerged as the preferred bidder to build a 600,000 cu m/day RO desalination plant in Rabigh located 180 km northwest of Makkah city on the Red Sea coast.