Gaza Central Desalination
Seawater RO, 55 million m3/year in Palestine.
In tender
Landmark Tendered since 2013 and still unbuilt, the plainest measure of what conflict costs water infrastructure.
The record
- Country
- Palestine
- Location
- Deir al-Balah
- Coordinates
- 31.420, 34.350
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 55 million m3/year
- Capital cost
- US$620 million
- Stage
- In tender
- Owner or client
- Palestinian Water Authority (PWA)
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- EU / World Bank
- Award or start year
- 2027
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2013-03
EIB launches tender for a EUR 4 million technical assistance contract supporting the PWA on the Gaza seawater desalination project
Sources
2 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Union for the Mediterranean, EIB launches tender for the provision of technical assistance to the construction of the desalination facility for the Gaza Strip, 8 March 2013. ufmsecretariat.org.
- 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.