Al-Khobar 1 SWRO
Seawater RO, 210,000 m3/day in Saudi Arabia.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Location
- Al-Khobar
- Coordinates
- 26.180, 50.210
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 210,000 m3/day
- Capital cost
- US$240 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Saline Water Conversion Corporation, now the Saudi Water Authority
- Contractor
- ACCIONA Agua
- Operator
- Saudi Water Authority
- Finance
- Saudi government capital budget
- Award or start year
- 2018
- Commissioned
- 2020-12
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2018-07
ACCIONA awarded the design and build contract by SWCC, valued at more than 200 million euros
- 2020-12
Construction and commissioning completed, plant producing 210,000 m3/day from 26 December 2020
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.
- ACCIONA, ACCIONA to build desalination plant in Saudi Arabia for more than 200 million euros, 17 July 2018. acciona-energia.com.
- 210,000 m3/day, client SWCC, EPC plus one-year warranty, two-year build, SWCC's first design and build contract with a Spanish company, water supplied to Aramco.
- ACCIONA, ACCIONA completes the construction of the Al Khobar I desalination plant in Saudi Arabia, 30 December 2020. acciona.com.
- producing 210,000 m3/day since 26 December 2020, commissioned remotely from Madrid using a digital twin.
- US-Saudi Business Council, 7 January 2021. ussaudi.org.
- cost more than US$240 million, 210,000 m3/day, operations from September 2020. Saline Water Conversion Corporation, Annual Report 2022 (English), Production Plants Map, p. 73. swcc.gov.sa.
- 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.
gives Al-Khobar RO1 at 210,000 m3/day.