Veolia wins nearly €200m in Middle East desalination contracts
- Nearly €200 million of contracts in Oman and the UAE totalling 490,000 m³/day of desalination capacity.
- Al Hamriyah (UAE) design: 410,000 m³/day capacity, targeting 2.75 kWh per m³ through optimized pretreatment and remineralization.
- Al Asilah (Oman): five‑year operations and performance optimisation contract for an 80,000 m³/day plant that serves ~200,000 people and includes a solar farm with Hubgrade digital optimisation.
- Veolia states 18% of the world’s installed desalination capacity has used its technologies and it aims to operate 1.4 million m³/day by 2030.
Contracts and capacity
Veolia secured nearly €200 million of desalination contracts in the Middle East: a design and technology supply for the Al Hamriyah plant in the UAE (410,000 m³/day) and a five‑year operations and performance optimisation contract for the Al Asilah plant in Oman (80,000 m³/day), together representing 490,000 m³/day of capacity.
Energy efficiency and technologies
The Al Hamriyah design uses optimized pretreatment and remineralization technologies — including dissolved air flotation, dual‑media pressure filters and limestone filters — to target a record energy consumption of 2.75 kWh per m³. The group highlights decades of innovation such as AI‑enabled reverse osmosis, reduced chemical use, improved brine dispersion and the integration of decarbonized electricity to lower the sector’s energy and environmental footprint.
Operations, local impact and targets
Al Asilah supplies around 200,000 inhabitants and is paired with a solar farm; Veolia will deploy Smart Connectors and Hubgrade digital solutions to optimise equipment monitoring and electricity consumption. The company states its technologies account for 18% of global installed desalination capacity, reports a global treatment capacity of about 13 million m³/day across 2,300 sites, and aims to operate 1.4 million m³/day by 2030.
Source: Veolia