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Doha West Power and Desalination

Thermal MSF + power, 110.4 MIGD (500,000 m3/day) in Kuwait.

Operational

The record

Country
Kuwait
Location
Doha
Coordinates
29.367, 47.787
Technology
Thermal MSF + power
Capacity
110.4 MIGD (500,000 m3/day)
Capital cost
—
Stage
Operational
Owner or client
Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy
Contractor
—
Operator
—
Finance
—
Award or start year
1983
Commissioned
1983

Record last checked 2026-09-22.

History

Sources

7 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. Alfadhli and Alhashemi, Environmental Impact of Desalination Plant Saline Water on Kuwait Bay, Journal of Engineering Research and Application 9 (2), 2019. ijera.com.
  2. Table 1, citing MEW 2006, lists the installed distillation plants in MIGD and million m3/day.
  3. Frontiers in Environmental Science, A detailed perspective of water resource management in a dry and water scarce country: the case in Kuwait (2022). frontiersin.org.
  4. Table 2 gives eight coastal desalination plants with year, technology and capacity in m3/day.
  5. Frontiers dates the Doha West site to 1983 and gives 780,000 m3/day for multi-stage flash and reverse osmosis combined, a figure that takes in the Doha seawater RO plant on the same complex.
  6. Arab Times, Drone fragment sparks small fire at Doha West Power and Water Distillation Station. arabtimesonline.com.
  7. 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.

Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy spokesperson Fatima Abbas Jawhar Hayat reported a small fire on a fuel tank from a drone fragment on 2 March 2026, quickly contained, with minor material damage, no injuries and networks operating normally.