Zarat Desalination
Seawater RO, 50,000 m3/day, expandable to 100,000 m3/day in Tunisia.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Tunisia
- Location
- Zarat
- Coordinates
- 33.700, 10.380
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 50,000 m3/day, expandable to 100,000 m3/day
- Capital cost
- US$105 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- SONEDE
- Contractor
- VA Tech Wabag (EPC)
- Operator
- SONEDE
- Finance
- Tunisian government and KfW
- Award or start year
- 2019
- Commissioned
- 2024-07
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2019
EPC agreement between SONEDE and VA Tech Wabag
- 2024-07
Inaugurated by President Kais Saied on 7 July 2024
Sources
4 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Smart Water Magazine, Tunisia inaugurates Zarat desalination plant to combat water scarcity, 17 Jul 2024. smartwatermagazine.com.
- Kapitalis, Saied inaugure la station de dessalement de Zarat, a Gabes, 8 Jul 2024. kapitalis.com.
- TPF Group, Zarat seawater desalination plant. tpfgroup.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.