Derna Desalination
Thermal MED, 40,000 m3/day in two units of 20,000 m3/day in Libya.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Libya
- Location
- Derna
- Coordinates
- 32.781, 22.587
- Technology
- Thermal MED
- Capacity
- 40,000 m3/day in two units of 20,000 m3/day
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL)
- Contractor
- ENKA, with Sidem (Veolia) supplying the MED evaporators, boilers and auxiliaries, and KASKTAS for piling
- Operator
- General Desalination Company
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 2006
- Commissioned
- 2010-08
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2006-08
EPC contract period began
- 2010-08
Contract period ended
- 2024-11
Libya Observer reports the plant running at about 50 per cent of capacity after maintenance
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.
- ENKA, Derna Desalination Plant Project. enka.com.
- Client GECOL; 2 x 20,000 m3/day multi-effect distillation plant with heavy fuel oil firing and light fuel oil backup; contract period August 2006 to August 2010; lump sum turnkey EPC including offshore seawater intake, water distribution network and training; Sidem (Veolia) supplied the evaporators and boilers; 685 micro piles and 500 m of floating HDPE offshore pipe installed.
- PGESCo, Libya. pgesco.com.
- Lists Derna at 40,000 m3/day for GPCOEWG with a 2010 completion date.
- Libya Observer, Dbeibah addresses Libya's water desalination challenges, 7 Nov 2024. libyaobserver.ly.
- 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.
Reports Tobruk running at 20 per cent of capacity, Derna at 50 per cent after maintenance, Susah at about 25 per cent, the Zliten plants not operating and Zawiya at 25 per cent, with the prime minister ordering a supply strategy. Reports Derna running at 50 per cent of capacity in November 2024 after recent maintenance. OpenStreetMap industrial feature Derna desalination plant: 32.7808, 22.5866.