Fujairah I IWP (EtihadWE)

Seawater RO, 60 MIGD (about 273,000 m3/day), with storage equal to 18 hours of production in United Arab Emirates.

Awarded

The record

Country: United Arab Emirates
Location: Port of Fujairah
Coordinates: 25.186, 56.355
Technology: Seawater RO
Capacity: 60 MIGD (about 273,000 m3/day), with storage equal to 18 hours of production
Capital cost: US$285 million
Stage: Awarded
Owner or client: Development and investment arm of Etihad Water and Electricity (EtihadWE), public-private partnership
Contractor: NMDC Infra and Lantania Aguas, through the joint venture Lantania NMDC Water
Operator: —
Finance: Public-private partnership; total investment AED 1.046 billion (US$285 million at 3.6725)
Award or start year: 2026
Commissioned: —

Record last checked 2026-09-18.

2026-05
EPC agreement signed with NMDC Infra and Lantania Aguas at the Make It In The Emirates exhibition, AED 1.046 billion
2026
Construction programme of about 30 months begins

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.

Zawya, EtihadWE Development and Investment Arm signs EPC agreement with NMDC Infra and Lantania (press release). zawya.com.
60 MIGD SWRO plant at the Port of Fujairah, total investment AED 1.046 billion, construction about 30 months, EtihadWE's second PPP after the 150 MIGD Naqa'a IWP. AGBI, Contract awarded to build $270m water plant in Fujairah (May 2026). agbi.com.
Lantania, Lantania and NMDC strengthen partnership with Fujairah desalination plant award. lantania.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.

Site coordinates are those of the Port of Fujairah from OpenStreetMap, not a surveyed plant boundary.