Spanish developer Acciona has been awarded the financing, construction and 25-year operation of three sewage treatment
The company, along with its local partners Tawzea and Tamasuk, will build, own and operate the Madinah-3, Buraydah-2 and Tabuk-2 plants in the Gulf kingdom after a contract award by the state-owned Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC).
These are the first contracts that Acciona has signed in the area of wastewater treatment in the Middle East, a statement said.
The Madinah-3 wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) will be located in Madinah, the fourth most populated city in Saudi Arabia with more than 1.1 million inhabitants, and will have a capacity of 200,000 cubic metres per day.
The group will also build 23km of recycled water collectors for irrigation, three storage tanks and the respective pumping stations.
The Buraydah-2 (150,000 cubic metres/day) and Tabuk-2 (90,000 cubic metres/day) sewage treatment plants are located in rural areas in the central and northern regions of the country, respectively, and will serve one million residents.
Acciona will develop, design, finance, construct and operate these two facilities for 25 years and will also build 34km of recycled water collectors for Buraydah-2 and another 28km of collectors for Tabuk-2.
The three plants will each have a collection well and pumping station, pre-treatment installation, biological reactor, sludge line, and recycled water pumping station.
Last year, Acciona was awarded the construction of the Al Khobar 2 desalination plant on the east coast of Saudi Arabia, 400km from Riyadh.
On the Red Sea coast of the kingdom, Acciona is currently developing the Shuqaiq1 and Shuqaiq3 desalination plants while, earlier this year, the company was appointed main turnkey contractor for the Jubail 3B desalination plant which will supply 2 million people in the cities of Riyadh and Qassim.
Acciona recorded sales of €6.47 billion in 2020 and has a business presence in more than 60 countries.
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