Bandar Abbas Desalination

Seawater RO, 100,000 m3/day (ten units of 10,000 m3/day) in Iran.

Operational

The record

Country: Iran
Location: Bandar Abbas
Coordinates: 27.200, 56.300
Technology: Seawater RO
Capacity: 100,000 m3/day (ten units of 10,000 m3/day)
Capital cost: US$400 million
Stage: Operational
Owner or client: Hormozgan Regional Water Co. (offtaker)
Contractor: Shaya Co., joint venture of Farab, Tana Energy Management, TIV Energy and Machine Sazy Vijeh
Operator: Shaya Co. under a build, own, operate contract
Finance: Domestic
Award or start year: 2023
Commissioned: 2018-12

Record last checked 2026-09-04.

2018-12
Phase 1 (20,000 m3/day) inaugurated
2020-07
Phase 2 inaugurated by presidential video conference, supplying drinking water to Bandar Abbas and Bandar Khamir
2021-04
Phase 3 (60,000 m3/day) inaugurated, completing the 100,000 m3/day plant

3 references

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Farab, Bandar Abbas sea water reverse osmosis desalination plant (project page). farab.com.
Farab, Inaugurating the second phase of the largest desalination plant of the country in Bandar Abbas, 18 July 2020. farab.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.