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Shuaiba South Power and Desalination

Thermal MSF + power, 30 MIGD (135,000 m3/day) in Kuwait.

Operational

The record

Country
Kuwait
Location
Shuaiba
Coordinates
29.032, 48.155
Technology
Thermal MSF + power
Capacity
30 MIGD (135,000 m3/day)
Capital cost
—
Stage
Operational
Owner or client
Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy
Contractor
—
Operator
—
Finance
—
Award or start year
1971
Commissioned
1971

Record last checked 2026-09-18.

History

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.

  1. Alfadhli and Alhashemi, Environmental Impact of Desalination Plant Saline Water on Kuwait Bay, Journal of Engineering Research and Application 9 (2), 2019. ijera.com.
  2. Table 1, citing MEW 2006, lists the installed distillation plants in MIGD and million m3/day.
  3. The 2019 table, drawn from MEW 2006 data, predates Shuaiba North and so covers the southern station alone.
  4. Frontiers in Environmental Science, A detailed perspective of water resource management in a dry and water scarce country: the case in Kuwait (2022). frontiersin.org.
  5. 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.

Table 2 gives eight coastal desalination plants with year, technology and capacity in m3/day. Frontiers gives Shuaiba South 1971 and 140,000 m3/day.