Located in an arid region, Saudi Arabia relies on desalination to provide people and industry with clean water. With Jubail industrial hub located on the coast 100km north of Dammam in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia, it is a prime location for desalination assets, utilizing distributed pipelines to transport the water to key cities.
A tender issued by the Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) in 2020 requested for a 125MIGD 570,000 m3/day desalination plant to serve 410,000 households in the cities of Riyadh and Qassim. ENGIE, with a regional presence of more than 30 years and as a leader in desalination, responded and won the tender in 2021.
