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Saudi launches two water desalination barges

by CW Staff on Jul 10, 2010

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Saudi's floating desal plants will aide coastal communities. Photo for illustrative purposes only. Getty image.

A water desalination barge with a daily output of 25,000m³ was launched in Yanbu on Wednesday.

The barge is one of two created under direction from King Abdullah to meet the high seasonal demand for potable water in coastal region. The barges are the largest of their type in the world and will be used to create desalinated water for coastal consumers.

“These two barges will contribute to meeting the increased demand for potable water in Madinah and Yanbu,” Fehied F Al-Shareef, the governor of Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) told local newspaper Arab News.

The water desalination barges are owned by BOWAREGE, a group comprising the International Barges Company for Water Desalination Ltd., which was established in partnership between ACWA Power International with 65 percent ownership and 35 percent stake owned by Rakaa Saudi Water and Power Ltd.

The project cost a reported SR370m and each of the barges are self-contained units, supplied with their own electricity generators, laboratories, control rooms and living quarters for staff.

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