“While the average availability of water worldwide is 7,453 m3 per capita per year, in the Middle East this figure falls to 736 m3.”
-The Saudi publicly-owned Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has awarded ACCIONA, and its partner RTCC, the design and construction of the Shuqaiq 1 desalination plant on the Red Sea coast in Saudi Arabia. The contract amount awarded is US $384 million. The facility, which is expected to be completed in 2023, is ACCIONA´S fifth desalination plant built in the country and the third awarded to the company by SWCC. [Utilities ME]
