Taweelah RO IWP
Seawater RO, 909218 m3/day in United Arab Emirates.
Operational
Landmark Reverse osmosis at 909,000 m3/day, and the clearest sign that RO has displaced thermal desalination in the Gulf.
The record
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Location
- Abu Dhabi
- Coordinates
- 24.750, 54.680
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 909218 m3/day
- Capital cost
- US$907 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- EWEC
- Developer
- ACWA Power
- Contractor
- SEPCOIII / Abengoa Agua
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- Project finance
- Award or start year
- 2019
- Commissioned
- 2024-03
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2019
Water purchase agreement with EWEC
- 2022-06
Group 1 (454,609 m3/day) enters commercial operation
- 2023-04
Group 2 (378,689 m3/day) enters commercial operation
- 2024-03
Group 3 (75,920 m3/day) certified, full commercial operation at 909,218 m3/day
Sources
4 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Smart Water Magazine, ACWA Power reveals full commercial operation of Taweelah RO plant (Mar 2024). smartwatermagazine.com.
- Group capacities 454,609, 378,689 and 75,920 m3/day; procurer EWEC; ACWA Power holds 40%. ACWA Power, Taweelah RO Desalination IWP.
- EPC contractors SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction and Abengoa Agua; ACWA Power 40%, other investors Mubadala and TAQA. The National, EWEC and ACWA secure Dh3.19 billion for Abu Dhabi desalination plant, 19 October 2019. thenationalnews.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.
A partnership of Abu Dhabi Power Corporation and Mubadala holds 60 per cent, ACWA Power 40 per cent. Budget is the project cost of US$907 million on the ACWA Power project page (fact-check decision 3, October 2026).