Data & Tools
The region's water market, in numbers
Every module below is live data from one of our tools: the pipeline, the benchmarks, the major projects, the atlas and the directory. Read them here, or open any tool to go deeper.
Compiled from public sources. Data as of 29 September 2026. It is a snapshot rather than a live feed, so confirm against the primary source before relying on any figure.
The market in numbers
Procurement
Moving toward award
The programmes closest to a decision, from the tracked PPP pipeline.
| Programme | Country | Stage | Award expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arana ISTP Sharakat (Saudi Water Partnership Company) | Saudi Arabia | Preferred bidder | 2026-2027 |
| Jazan small sewage treatment plants cluster Sharakat (Saudi Water Partnership Company) | Saudi Arabia | Preferred bidder | 2026 |
| Riyadh–Qassim IWTP Sharakat (Saudi Water Partnership Company) | Saudi Arabia | Preferred bidder | 2026-2027 |
| Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnels, Package J (Jebel Ali) Dubai Municipality, Sewerage and Recycled Water Projects Department | United Arab Emirates | Preferred bidder | not published |
| Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnels, Package W (Warsan) Dubai Municipality, Sewerage and Recycled Water Projects Department | United Arab Emirates | Preferred bidder | not published |
| Al-Khairan Phase 1 IWPP KAPP | Kuwait | Bids submitted | 2026-2027 |
Benchmarks
The price of desalinated water
Winning bid tariffs at the region's large desalination PPPs.
The winning price of desalinated water, by award year
US$ per cubic metre, first-year levelised water tariff at award
Procurer announcements and contemporaneous trade reporting. Bids are not strictly comparable: they differ in tenor, indexation, power supply and site conditions.
Benchmarks
What households actually pay
What a household pays for a cubic metre of water
US$/m3. Published ranges are shown at their midpoint.
National utilities and water ministries; each figure is dated and sourced in the full table.
14 of the 20 countries publish a directly comparable residential tariff. 1 more publish separate rates by nationality, Lebanon charges a flat rate, and 3 publish nothing at all. All of them are listed, with their notes, in the full table.
Projects
Find a project
Search 420 tracked projects by name, owner, contractor or city.
| Project | Country | Technology | Budget | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnels (DSST) | United Arab Emirates | Wastewater conveyance tunnel | $8.0 bn | In tender |
| Ras Al-Khair Power and Desalination Plant | Saudi Arabia | MSF/RO + power | $7.2 bn | Operational |
| Aqaba–Amman Desalination & Conveyance (AAWDC) | Jordan | Seawater RO + 450 km conveyance | $6.0 bn | Under construction |
| Az-Zour North Phase 2&3 IWPP | Kuwait | Seawater RO + power | $4.1 bn | Awarded |
| Basra Seawater Desalination | Iraq | Seawater RO | $4.0 bn | Under construction |
| Facility E IWPP | Qatar | Seawater RO + power | $3.7 bn | Under construction |
The six largest of 420 tracked projects. Enable JavaScript to search all of them here.
Atlas
Where the work is
Shaded by tracked projects per country; the largest are marked.
Track record
Who is winning the work
Ranked by number of projects won, not by headline value.
Most active firms
- 1ACWA Power
- 2Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction
- 3Degremont of France, designer and contractor
- 4TAQA
- 5ENGIE
Latest awards
- Az-Zour North Phase 2 & 3 IWPP
- Melen Dam completion works
- Basra Seawater Desalination
Institutions
Who is buying
- Emirates Water & Electricity Company (EWEC)
- Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
- National Water Company (NWC)
145 organizations profiled across 20 countries.
Live tenders
Where the notices are published
We do not run a tender feed. These are the portals that publish the notices: the procurers themselves, national platforms and the development banks.
Where to start
- Scoping a market? Read the country profile, then place it on the atlas.
- Looking for work? The pipeline for what is coming and who won last time, the directory for who is buying, and where to find live tenders for the day-to-day notices.
- Sizing the sector? The major projects register for the build-out and benchmarks for what it costs.
All tools
- Region AtlasEvery tracked plant, dam and conveyance over water-stress and risk overlays.
- Major ProjectsThe schemes that shape supply: budget, technology, capacity, owner, contractors and stage.
- PPP Pipeline & AwardsStructured procurements, the stage each has reached, and who won what.
- Live tendersOpen water tenders from national portals, the World Bank and the UN system, refreshed nightly.
- Where to find live tendersThe portals that publish notices: procurers, national platforms, banks.
- Tariffs & cost benchmarksWhat households pay, and what desalinated water is bid at.
- Organization DirectoryWho tenders what, and how: ministries, regulators, utilities, financiers.