# Kuwait expands Sulaibiya wastewater treatment plant to 600,000 m³/day

Kuwait is expanding the Sulaibiya wastewater treatment plant from 375,000 to over 600,000 m³/day. The expansion is expected to be completed in 2018 and will use ZeeWeed 1000 membranes from GE Water & Process Technologies (now Suez).

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-11-28
- Where: Sulaibiya, Kuwait, Kuwait
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 600,000 m³/day
- Products: ZeeWeed 1000 hollow fiber ultrafiltration membranes
- Sectors: [Water Treatment Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/water-treatment-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions](https://endata.com/companies/7347.md) (supplier)
- [Kuwait government](https://endata.com/companies/28437.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [waterworld.com](https://www.waterworld.com/home/article/16201113/kuwait-putting-uf-through-its-paces), 2017-11-28: "Kuwait is investing in a major expansion of its Sulaibiya Wastewater Treatment plant that will increase treatment capacity from 375,000 cubic metres per day (m3/day) to more than 600,000 m3/day."

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