Didim (Akbük) Seawater Desalination
Seawater RO, 10,000 m3/day (about 115 l/s), with 5 MW of solar power in Turkey.
Planned
The record
- Country
- Turkey
- Location
- Akbük, Didim, Aydın
- Coordinates
- 37.388, 27.433
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 10,000 m3/day (about 115 l/s), with 5 MW of solar power
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Planned
- Owner or client
- Aydin Metropolitan Municipality, under a protocol with the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSI)
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 2026
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2026-02
Protocol signed between Aydin Metropolitan Municipality and DSI for a 10,000 m3/day reverse osmosis plant with 5 MW of solar power
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.
- Gazete Vatan, Didim'e 1 milyar TL'lik dev yatirim, Turkiye'nin ilk deniz suyu aritma tesislerinden biri Akbuk'e kuruluyor, 14 February 2026. gazetevatan.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.
Reports a protocol between Aydin Metropolitan Municipality and DSI for a reverse osmosis plant of 10,000 m3/day serving 85,000 people, powered by 5 MW of solar panels, at a cost of 1 billion Turkish lira. Coordinates are those of Akbuk village from OpenStreetMap; the exact plot has not been published.