Taweelah RO IWP
Seawater RO, 909200 m3/day in United Arab Emirates.
Operational
Landmark Reverse osmosis at 909,000 m3/day, and the clearest sign that RO has displaced thermal desalination in the Gulf.
The record
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Location
- Abu Dhabi
- Coordinates
- 24.750, 54.680
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 909200 m3/day
- Capital cost
- US$1.2 billion
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- EWEC
- Contractor
- ACWA Power / TAQA / Mubadala
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- Project finance
- Award or start year
- 2019
- Commissioned
- 2024-03
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2019
Water purchase agreement with EWEC
- 2022-06
Group 1 (454,609 m3/day) enters commercial operation
- 2023-04
Group 2 (378,689 m3/day) enters commercial operation
- 2024-03
Group 3 (75,920 m3/day) certified, full commercial operation at 909,218 m3/day
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.
- Smart Water Magazine, ACWA Power reveals full commercial operation of Taweelah RO plant (Mar 2024). 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.
Group capacities 454,609, 378,689 and 75,920 m3/day; procurer EWEC; ACWA Power holds 40%.