GS Inima, a world leader in the water sector, positioned as one of the Groups with the largest volume of plants in terms of concessions and with the longest history in reverse osmosis desalination, has successfully completed the Acceptance Tests of the final phase of the facility and is now delivering water to Nama Power & Water Procurement Company, the single procurer of power and water capacity and output in the Sultanate of Oman.
Barka V achieved 100% availability, including the last Performance Test Total Contracted Water Capacity for 105.000 m³/day. The reliability testing involved the plant operating at its full capacity, producing 100.000 m³ per day of high-quality drinking water for 30 days. Barka V was one of the largest infrastructure projects recently undertaken in the Sultanate of Oman, whose construction started in March 2022 and ended in June 2024. The project, which uses reverse osmosis technology will serve a population of 800.000 in the Muscat, Dakhiliyah and Batinah areas, the most populated zones of the country.
GS Inima led the EPC Contractor for the project, responsible for the construction and commissioning of the desalination plant as well as the technological leadership, in charge of the engineering, procurement, construction supervision and commissioning of the project for the pre-treatment, reverse osmosis process and post-treatment of the plant.
Barka V also achieved an important health and safety milestone at the plant, having overseen 3 million work hours without lost time incidents (LTI), and the maintenance of excellent safety conditions throughout the project. With completion of the project in 26 months, Barka V has also set a construction record in the desalination industry in Sultanate of Oman.
This achievement reaffirms GS Inima capacity to undertake and successfully complete projects of high technical complexity, providing an optimum response to the client’s requirements while achieving the highest levels of occupational risk prevention and safety standards. Within the region, GS Inima is also in charge of the construction and operation and maintenance of Ghubrah III – the largest desalination plant in the Sultanate of Oman currently under the construction phase.
