Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has announced the signing of agreements worth SAR2.6 billion ($693 million) for the implementation of Ras Mohaisen Independent Water Plant (IWP, a major utility project coming up in Al Qunfudhah Governorate.

A key desalination plant with a 300,000 cu m/day production capacity, Ras Mohaisen IWP will be located 300 km south of Makkah on the Red Sea coast. The project will be developed by the winning consortium of Saudi utility major Acwa Power along with its partners Hajj Abdullah Ali Reza & Partners, and Al Kifah Holding Company under the build-own-operate (BOO) system.

The scope of work includes development, financing, procurement, implementation, operation and maintenance of the project, which will also feature storage tanks with a capacity of 600,000 cu m (equivalent to two operating days) and an electrical substation.

Power supply for the project will be facilitated from Saudi Electricity Company’s high voltage network.

Saudi Water Partnership Company CEO Engineer Khalid Al Quraishi said the initial operational phase of the project will begin in Q1 2028.

Meanwhile, SWPC has announced the financial close of the Al Haer sewage treatment plant located in Riyadh, which is being set up at an investment of SAR1.8 billion. The project will be developed by a consortium led by Belgian group Besix, along with major Saudi utility groups Miahona and Marafiq under the Build, Own, Operate, and Transfer (BOOT) model.

On completion, the Al Haer ISTP will have a treatment capacity of 200,000 cu m per day, complemented by a 32 km integrated treated sewage transmission system capable of transporting up to 400,000 cu m daily.