# Almar Water consortium signs contract for Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant

A consortium including Marubeni Corporation, Abdul Latif Jameel, Acciona Agua and Rawafid Alhadarah signed a Water Purchase Agreement to develop the Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant in Saudi Arabia, with over $600 million investment, capacity of 450,000 cubic meters per day, and 700 jobs created.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-01-01
- Where: Shuqaiq, Saudi Arabia
- Value: $600.0M
- Jobs: 700
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 450,000 cubic meters per day
- Products: desalinated water
- Sectors: [Water Treatment Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/water-treatment-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Almar Water Solutions](https://endata.com/companies/21111.md)
- [Marubeni](https://endata.com/companies/695.md) (partner)
- [Acciona Agua](https://endata.com/companies/3618.md) (partner)
- [ACCIONA](https://endata.com/companies/15903.md) (partner)
- [Almar Water Solutions](https://endata.com/companies/21111.md) (partner)
- [Abdul Latif Jameel Commercial Development Company](https://endata.com/companies/36991.md) (partner)
- [Rawafid Alhadarah Holding Co.](https://endata.com/companies/36992.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [almarwater.com](https://almarwater.com/almar-water-solutions-signed-a-contract-to-develop-the-shuqaiq-3-desalination-plant-in-saudi-arabia/), 2019-01-30: "A consortium comprising Marubeni Corporation, Abdul Latif Jameel Commercial Development Company, Acciona Agua and Rawafid Alhadarah Holding Co. signed the Water Purchase Agreement during the ceremony took place on Riyadh last 29 th January 2019."
- [almarwater.com](https://almarwater.com/the-shuqaiq-3-desalination-project-receives-the-utilities-project-of-the-year-award/), 2019-09-19: "Shuqaiq 3, which reached financial close last May, will be one of the largest reverse osmosis desalination plants in the world, with a production capacity of 450,000 cubic meters per day."

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