Umm Al Hayman Wastewater PPP
Wastewater treatment + reuse, 500,000 m3/day, expandable to 700,000 m3/day in Kuwait.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Kuwait
- Location
- Umm Al Hayman
- Coordinates
- 28.900, 48.150
- Technology
- Wastewater treatment + reuse
- Capacity
- 500,000 m3/day, expandable to 700,000 m3/day
- Capital cost
- US$1.8 billion
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP) and Ministry of Public Works
- Contractor
- WTE Wassertechnik (design and construction), with International Financial Advisors (IFA) as consortium partner
- Operator
- WTE Wassertechnik (25-year operation of the treatment plant, 3-year operation of the network)
- Finance
- PPP: 25-year BOT for the plant plus 3-year DBO for the network; project company Umm Al Hayman for Wastewater Treatment Company KSPC (WTE/IFA, KIA and KAPP); financial close July 2020
- Award or start year
- 2020
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2018-11
Commercial close between KAPP and the WTE/IFA consortium
- 2020-01
Project agreements signed
- 2020-07
Financial close
- 2025-01
Full operations announced as expected by June 2025
- 2026-04
Project reported as nearing full commercial operations
Sources
7 references
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- ASAR Al Ruwayeh & Partners, Umm Al Hayman Wastewater Treatment Plant PPP Project. asarlegal.com.
- InfraPPP World, German-Kuwaiti consortium sign contract for US$1.6 billion wastewater PPP in Kuwait, 6 November 2018. infrapppworld.com.
- WTE Wassertechnik, Wastewater treatment Umm Al Hayman, Kuwait. wte.de.
- Smart Water Magazine, Kuwait's Umm Al-Hayman wastewater treatment plant to be fully operational by June, 21 January 2025. smartwatermagazine.com.
- Zawya, Kuwait's Umm Al Hayman wastewater PPP project nears full operations, IPO plans advance, April 2026. zawya.com.
- UAH project company, Our story. uahpc.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.