United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s, Federal Electricity & Water Authority (FEWA) signed the Water Purchase Agreement (WPA) with the consortium companies for a 150 million imperial gallon per day of desalination plant in Umm Al Quwain, UAE.
The consortium companies consist of Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and MDC Power Holding Company LLC, a subsidiary of Abu Dhai’s Mubadala Investment Company.
The facility will be located in the northern emirate of Umm Al-Quwain to meet the growing demand for water in the region.
As per the terms of the agreement, FEWA will own 20 percent of the stake, while ACWA Power and Mubadala will each own 40 percent.
The government of Umm Al Quwain will join as a partner in the project and will own a stake at a later date.
Once commissioned, the Umm Al Quwain plant will be the largest desalination project in the Northern Emirates,.
The project will be constructed utilizing Seawater Reverse Osmosis technology.
The project will be FEWA’s first IWP project to be held in the Northern Emirates, which will help in utilizing an efficient water generation system to meet and secure the demands of both, residential and agriculture sectors.
Construction of the project is expected to commence in the second half of 2019, with initial water production scheduled in 2021.
