Zliten Desalination Expansion
Thermal MED, Existing plant producing about 7,000 m3/day, with an expansion designed to raise output to about 20,000 m3/day in Libya.
Stalled
The record
- Country
- Libya
- Location
- Zliten
- Coordinates
- —
- Technology
- Thermal MED
- Capacity
- Existing plant producing about 7,000 m3/day, with an expansion designed to raise output to about 20,000 m3/day
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Stalled
- Owner or client
- Zliten municipality, with contracting handled by the Tripoli-based government
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- General Desalination Company
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 2019
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2019-11
Contracting procedures referred to the Tripoli-based government
- 2020-11
Design complete and awaiting implementation, with no contract awarded
- 2024-11
Libya Observer reports the Zliten plants not operating
Sources
5 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Libya Herald, Zliten desalination plant expansion project ready for contract award, Nov 2020. libyaherald.com.
- The existing plant produces about 7,000 m3/day with some units out of service through age; the expansion would raise capacity to about 20,000 m3/day; the project is managed by Zliten municipality with contracting and award handled by the Tripoli-based government; procedures were referred to the government in November 2019 and as of November 2020 the design was complete and awaiting implementation, with an expected build period of 18 months from award.
- No cost or technology is given.
- 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 that the Zliten plants were not operating in November 2024.