Shuweihat Water Transmission Scheme
Water transmission pipeline, Twin DN1600 pipeline of 250 km with pumping stations at Shuweihat, Mirfa and Mussafah; transfer capacity raised from 100 MGD to 180 MGD under Phase 2 in United Arab Emirates.
Operational
The record
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Location
- Shuweihat to Mussafah, Abu Dhabi
- Coordinates
- 24.166, 52.568
- Technology
- Water transmission pipeline
- Capacity
- Twin DN1600 pipeline of 250 km with pumping stations at Shuweihat, Mirfa and Mussafah; transfer capacity raised from 100 MGD to 180 MGD under Phase 2
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- TRANSCO (Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company)
- Contractor
- ABB (Phase 2 extension of the Shuweihat and Mirfa pumping stations, electrical, mechanical and civil works)
- Operator
- TRANSCO
- Finance
- Government of Abu Dhabi
- Award or start year
- 2009
- Commissioned
- 2011-11
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2009-10
Phase 2 awarded to ABB
- 2011-11
Phase 2 completion scheduled, raising transfer capacity from 100 to 180 million gallons a day
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.
- ABB, Project Report: Shuweihat Water Transmission Scheme Phase 2, Abu Dhabi. library.e.abb.com.
- The system comprises Shuweihat, Mirfa and Mussafah pumping stations plus a parallel double pipeline of 1600 mm diameter and 250 km length with a transfer capacity of 100 million gallons a day; Phase 2 raises capacity to 180 million gallons a day to carry output from Shuweihat Phase 2; awarded to ABB in October 2009 with completion scheduled for November 2011; end user TRANSCO; four pump units of 5,700 m3/h at Shuweihat and four of 5,400 m3/h at Mirfa.
- TRANSCO, 2019 Seven Year Water Planning Statement (2020-2026). saudigulfprojects.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.
Describes the Shuweihat to Mirfa intermediate pumping station line as one of the network's high pressurised systems.