Al Hamriyah IWP
Seawater RO, 90 MIGD (410,000 m3/day at full capacity); 272,000 m3/day from the first stage in United Arab Emirates.
Under construction
The record
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Location
- Al Hamriyah, Sharjah
- Coordinates
- —
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 90 MIGD (410,000 m3/day at full capacity); 272,000 m3/day from the first stage
- Capital cost
- US$693 million
- Stage
- Under construction
- Owner or client
- SEWA (offtaker, 30-year water purchase agreement); project company Hamriyah Developer Holding Company, ACWA Power effective share 45 per cent
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- Independent water project on a build-own-operate basis; total investment cost SAR 2,569 million, reported as about US$693 million
- Award or start year
- 2024
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2024-09
Agreement signed with ACWA Power and the foundation stone laid, Sharjah's first independent water project
- 2027
About 272,000 m3/day due in the second quarter
- 2028
Full capacity of 410,000 m3/day due
Sources
5 references
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- SEWA, Sharjah Electricity, Water, and Gas Authority and ACWA Power sign an agreement to establish Sharjah's first independent water desalination plant (4 September 2024). sewa.gov.ae.
- Reverse osmosis, about 272,000 m3/day by the second quarter of 2027 and full capacity of 410,000 m3/day by the third quarter of 2028, serving 1.4 million people; foundation stone laid by the Ruler of Sharjah.
- ACWA Power, Investor Report for the twelve-month period ended 31 December 2025, portfolio table. acwapower.com.
- Hamriyah IWP, total investment cost SAR 2,569 million, ACWA Power effective share 45 per cent, water 410 thousand m3/day, WPA-BOO 30 years, SWRO, Q2 2028, offtaker SEWA. Smart Water Magazine, ACWA Power to build $693 million IWP project in Sharjah. smartwatermagazine.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.
US$693 million, design-build-own-operate-maintain, energy use no more than 3.2 kWh per cubic metre; this site rejects plain curl with 403 and needs browser headers.