Officials at the launch of Shuqaiq 3.
RFQs issued for water reservoir projects
01 February 2022
Saudi Water Partnerships Company (SWPC) has issued request for qualifications (RFQs) for two independent strategic water reservoir projects – Al Ahsa and Eastern Province – in the kingdom with a total ultimate treatment capacity of 4.9 million cu m/day.
The Eastern Province Independent Strategic Water Reservoir will be constructed with an indicative water storage capacity of 3.51 million cu m, while the Al Ahsa Independent Strategic Water Reservoir will boast a water storage capacity of 1.4 million cu m, said a statement from SWPC. The projects will include water reservoirs and all the associated infrastructure and facilities, it stated.
According to SWPC, a total of 21 utility project developers, including 10 Saudi companies, had expressed their interests in the Al Ahsa and Eastern Province project.
SWPC said it will be conducting a competitive process to select a private sector developer (or developer consortium) for the funding, procurement, implementation, operation, maintenance and transfer (Boot) of the project. The successful bidder, through a project company to be incorporated, will provide the required storage capacity to SWPC under a 30-year water storage agreement. The last date for submitting the bids has been set at February 10.
Meanwhile, Spanish infrastructure major Acciona has handed over the Shuqaiq 3 Independent Water Project to SWPC after completing the construction work.
Acciona is the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for Shuqaiq 3 IWP desalination plant, which will produce 450,000 cu m of potable water per day. Located on the Red Sea Coast in the town of Shuqaiq,the project also includes the EPC of a large electrical special facility to feed the plant with power and some other additional installations from the existing power plants in the vicinity.
According to Acciona, the seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant is now working at full capacity. It will provide water to the areas of Asir and Jizan covering a potential population of 2 million inhabitants.
Al Shuqaiq 3 is recognised as one of the most complex and innovative plants of its kind and has won the “Utilities Project of the Year” award at the Middle East Energy Awards 2019.
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