Béjaïa SWRO
Seawater RO, 300,000 m3/day in Algeria.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Algeria
- Location
- Béjaïa
- Coordinates
- 36.750, 5.080
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 300,000 m3/day
- Capital cost
- US$700 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Algerian Energy Company (Sonatrach subsidiary)
- Contractor
- ENAC (Entreprise Nationale des Canalisations, Sonatrach subsidiary) with Sarpi
- Operator
- Algerian Desalination Company (Sonatrach subsidiary)
- Finance
- Sovereign
- Award or start year
- 2022
- Commissioned
- 2025-06
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2022-06
Construction works started at Tighremt, Toudja
- 2025-02
Trial flow phase started
- 2025-06
First 30,000 m3/day unit put into service
- 2025-12
Full capacity of 300,000 m3/day announced by Sonatrach
Sources
4 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Sonatrach, Atteinte de la pleine capacite de la station de dessalement d'eau de mer de Tighremt, wilaya de Bejaia, 1 Dec 2025. sonatrach.com.
- El Watan, Station de dessalement d'eau de mer de Tighremt (Bejaia): l'usine atteint la derniere phase de mise en service, 8 Jul 2025. elwatan.dz.
- APS, L'usine de Tighremt a Bejaia atteint sa pleine capacite, 1 Dec 2025. aps.dz.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.