Spain-based global infrastructure developer Acciona said on Sunday that it has completed the construction of the Al Khobar I desalination plant in Saudi Arabia.

The seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant is producing water beyond its nominal capacity since 26 December 2020, the company said in a press statement.

The plant, which will produce 210,000 cubic meters of drinking water per day, is one of the biggest desalination plants in Saudi Arabia in terms of capacity, the statement said, adding that it would supply a population equivalent of 350,000.

ACCIONA Project Director Ignacio Lobo Gutiérrez said: "We are very proud to have completed this project to schedule and to contribute to supplying drinking water in the country in a sustainable and innovative way. This milestone is the result of good teamwork between the client, technical assistance and the project team".

ACCIONA completed the testing program and the commissioning of the plant remotely, using digital twin technology. The team in Madrid controlled the first stage of this process from the CECOA (ACCIONA's Water Control Center).

Last month, Acciona had announced that it has been awarded $384 million design and construction by Saudi Arabia's Saline Water Conversion Corporation for the Shuqaiq 1 desalination plant on the Red Sea coast.

(Writing by Syed Ameen Kader; Editing by Anoop Menon)

(anoop.menon@refinitiv.com)

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