Fouka 1 SWRO
Seawater RO, 120,000 m3/day; open intake about 1,800 m offshore through a 1,600 mm pipe and a 380 m brine outfall; 138 pressure exchangers saving more than 113,000 MWh/year in Algeria.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Algeria
- Location
- Fouka
- Coordinates
- 36.678, 2.761
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 120,000 m3/day; open intake about 1,800 m offshore through a 1,600 mm pipe and a 380 m brine outfall; 138 pressure exchangers saving more than 113,000 MWh/year
- Capital cost
- US$185 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Algerian Energy Company, through the Myah Tipaza project company, 51 per cent Algerian Water Investment and 49 per cent AEC; Acciona Agua and SNC-Lavalin each hold 25.5 per cent of Myah Tipaza
- Contractor
- Acciona Agua with SNC-Lavalin
- Operator
- Acciona Agua and SNC-Lavalin joint venture; the plant sheet names Acciona Agua and AtkinsRealis, SNC-Lavalin's later name
- Finance
- 185 million dollars, 80 per cent debt from Credit Populaire d'Algerie and 20 per cent equity; design, build, own, operate and transfer with 25 years of operation
- Award or start year
- 2008
- Commissioned
- 2011-08
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2008-01
Financial close
- 2008-02
Construction commenced
- 2011-08
Plant commissioned, serving about 800,000 people in Tipaza, Zeralda and western Algiers
Sources
6 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Algerian Desalination Company, Fouka I. aec.dz.
- 120,000 m3/day on a 41,700 m2 site at Fouka in Tipaza with 40 staff, partners Acciona Agua and AtkinsRealis.
- Water Technology, Fouka Desalination Plant, Tipaza, Internet Archive copy because the live page returns 403. web.archive.org.
- Construction commenced February 2008, commissioned August 2011, total cost 185 million dollars, 120,000 m3/day, operator the Acciona Agua and SNC-Lavalin joint venture; financial close January 2008; project company Myah Tipaza at 51 per cent Algerian Water Investment and 49 per cent AEC, with Acciona Agua and SNC-Lavalin each holding 25.50 per cent of Myah Tipaza; 80 per cent of the debt from Credit Populaire d'Algerie; open intake about 1,800 m offshore through a 1,600 mm pipe, a 380 m by 1,200 mm brine outfall, sand and cartridge pre-filtration and 138 PX-220 devices saving more than 113,000 MWh a year.
- Acciona, Fouka SWRO. acciona.com.
- 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.
120,000 m3/day under design and construction plus 25 years of operation and maintenance, with AEC and SNC-Lavalin as partners, serving Tipaza, Zeralda and western Algiers. Coordinates from OpenStreetMap way 172083494, named Usine de dessalement d'eau de Fouka, at Douaouda Marine. The newer Fouka 2 plant lies in the same commune, so the coordinate identifies the Fouka desalination site rather than one phase.