Hidd Independent Water Plant (60 MIGD)
Seawater RO, 60 MIGD (about 272,000 m3/day) in Bahrain.
In tender
The record
- Country
- Bahrain
- Location
- Al Hidd
- Coordinates
- —
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 60 MIGD (about 272,000 m3/day)
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- In tender
- Owner or client
- Electricity and Water Authority (EWA), Bahrain
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- BOO with private developer (IWP), 20 to 25 years
- Award or start year
- 2025
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-10-11.
History
No dated milestones recorded yet. They are added as each is confirmed against a public announcement.
Sources
5 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- EWA, EWA launches international tender for 60 MIGD Hidd Independent Water Plant, 31 July 2025. ewa.bh.
- Build-own-operate, 60 million imperial gallons a day of potable water by reverse osmosis, commercial operation expected in the second quarter of 2028, nine pre-qualified bidders (TAQA, ACWA Power, GIC, GS Inima, Al Jomaih Energy and Water, JERA, KEPCO, Sumitomo Corporation, China Machinery Engineering Corporation).
- Saudi Gulf Projects, EWA receives bids for Bahrain's Hidd Independent Water Project, March 2026. saudigulfprojects.com.
- MEED, Frontrunner emerges for Bahrain's Hidd IWP, 6 July 2026. guest.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.
About 60 MIGD (roughly 272,000 m3/day) seawater reverse osmosis on a brownfield site, BOO for 20 to 25 years, GS Inima disqualified, Acwa the only remaining bidder at a levelised cost of water of BD0.276 ($0.73) a cubic metre, not yet confirmed as preferred bidder, full operation expected by 2029. No project cost is published. Coordinates are left blank because no source read gives the plant site.