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Al Yosr (Hurghada) Desalination

Seawater RO, 80,000 m3/day in Egypt.

Operational

The record

Country
Egypt
Location
Hurghada
Coordinates
27.230, 33.840
Technology
Seawater RO
Capacity
80,000 m3/day
Capital cost
—
Stage
Operational
Owner or client
Ministry of Defence, Engineering Authority, water department, for the Red Sea Governorate
Contractor
Metito
Operator
Metito (design and build on a turnkey basis including operation and maintenance)
Finance
Government
Award or start year
2014
Commissioned
2016

Record last checked 2026-09-20.

History

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.

  1. Egyptian Ministry of Defence, national projects, Establishment of desalination station, capacity 80000 m3/day in El-Yosr / Hurghada (for Red Sea Governorate). mod.gov.eg.
  2. Project duration from 30 September 2014 to 30 September 2016. Metito, Sea Water Reverse Osmosis Plant, Hurghada City, Red Sea Governorate. metito.com.
  3. Capacity 80,000 m3/day; client the Ministry of Defense Engineering Authority water department; double pass reverse osmosis with isobaric pressure exchangers for energy recovery; design and build on a turnkey basis including operation and maintenance; serves a population of more than 500,000; described as the first large seawater reverse osmosis plant in Egypt.
  4. Coordinates added on 20 September 2026, approximate.
  5. Egypt's national projects map, Al Yosr water desalination plant in Hurghada. egy-map.com.
  6. 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.

carries a location link centred on 27.2314 33.8431 at zoom 14 and places the plant on the Red Sea shore beside Hurghada's port on 75,000 square metres. The view does not resolve a footprint, so the coordinate is given to two decimals. Reverse geocoding returns the Hurghada marina area in Red Sea governorate and the point lies 0.16 km from the OpenStreetMap coastline.