Al Galala Desalination
Seawater RO, 150,000 m3/day (10 trains of 15,000 m3/day) in Egypt.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Egypt
- Location
- Galala City, Suez
- Coordinates
- 29.470, 32.440
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 150,000 m3/day (10 trains of 15,000 m3/day)
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Armament Authority of the Government of Egypt
- Contractor
- Metito and Orascom Construction joint venture
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- Government
- Award or start year
- 2020
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2020-09
Metito case study records the plant as developed and commissioned at 150,000 m3/day
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.
- Metito, Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant, Al Galala. metito.com.
- Capacity 150,000 m3/day from 10 reverse osmosis skids of 15,000 m3/day each; client the Armament Authority of the Government of Egypt and end user the Government of Egypt; site at Al Galala, Suez Governorate; isobaric pressure exchangers for energy recovery; commissioned 16 months after the start of construction against an industry norm of 30 months; developed by Metito and Orascom as a joint venture.
- Metito, Desalination of water. metito.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.
Describes Al Galala as the largest seawater desalination plant in Egypt at 150,000 m3/day. No commissioning date is published; the Metito case study carrying these figures is dated September 2020 and already describes the plant as commissioned, and the cost is quoted elsewhere as EGP 2 billion.