Mostaganem SWRO
Seawater RO, 200,000 m3/day at under 3 kWh/m3; 240 pressure exchangers in sixteen trains of fifteen, saving about 19 MW in Algeria.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Algeria
- Location
- Mostaganem
- Coordinates
- 36.014, 0.128
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 200,000 m3/day at under 3 kWh/m3; 240 pressure exchangers in sixteen trains of fifteen, saving about 19 MW
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Algerian Energy Company; developed through UTE Mostaganem, an Inima and Aqualia vehicle
- Operator
- GS Inima
- Finance
- Twenty-five year build, own and operate with a 25-year operation and maintenance term
- Award or start year
- 2005
- Commissioned
- 2011
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2005-11
Contract awarded at 100,000 m3/day
- 2009-06
Operation originally expected
- 2011-01
Plant entered service at 200,000 m3/day
Sources
6 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Algerian Desalination Company, Mostaganem. aec.dz.
- 200,000 m3/day on a 51,101 m2 site, partners GS Inima, Aqualia and Grupo FCC. GS Inima, Mostaganem desalination plant. inima.com.
- 200,000 m3/day for the Algerian Energy Company at under 3 kWh/m3, with operation and maintenance in scope.
- Energy Recovery, More affordable water for Algeria with ERI PX technology (Sep 2008). ir.energyrecovery.com.
- 240 PX-220 pressure exchangers in sixteen trains of fifteen, saving about 19 MW; a 25-year build, own, operate and transfer with Inima of Grupo OHL and Aqualia of Grupo FCC, with operation then expected in the second half of 2009. MEED, Four awards for new desalination capacity (Nov 2005). meed.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Mostaganem was awarded in November 2005 at 100,000 m3/day to the Inima and Aqualia consortium for 100 to 140 million dollars, on a build, own and operate basis with a 25-year operation and maintenance contract and a 51 per cent foreign to 49 per cent state split; the plant as built is twice that capacity, so the 2005 price band does not describe it. Coordinates from OpenStreetMap way 365153788, named Station de dessalement d'eau de mer, at Aizeb in Mostaganem.