4 The Quarterly June 2017 Water. desalination + reuse
The
Quarterly
Desalination projects in Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia refl ect the
rise of reverse osmosis technology in the Middle East
KENYA
Mombasa County to
issue desal RFP
Mombasa County, Keyna
has issued a request
for proposals for new
desalination capacity to fi ve
shortlisted companies, a er
a total of nine companies
expressed an interest. The
county is tendering two
desalination projects on a
build, operate, transfer (BOT)
basis: a plant of 130,000
m3/d in the north, and one of
30,000 m3/d in the south.
The plans were outlined
by minister for water and
natural resources, Fatma
Awale, at the Global Water
Summit, on 24 April 2017.
The project will be fi nanced
through a public-private
partnership (PPP), and
Mombasa County has
committed to help
secure the land
that it needs.
$22
million
Hyfl ux Utility (Oman)
injected $22 million into
its subsidiary Qurayyat
Desalination SAOC, which
is building an SWRO plant
in Oman. Capacity at the
facility in Muscat will
be 200,000 m3/d, and it
will supply Oman Power
and Water Procurement
Company for 20 years.
