KSB received a substantial water segment order from KSB Pumps Arabia in the UAE during 2025.

Energy Recovery was awarded contracts totaling over $12 million for PX energy recovery devices for three seawater reverse osmosis desalination projects in the United Arab Emirates, including a floating desalination barge in the Arabian Gulf. Orders are expected to ship by Q4 2024.

Veolia, through its subsidiary SIDEM, will engineer and supply key technology for the Hassyan seawater desalination plant in Dubai, commissioned by DEWA and ACWA Power. The reverse osmosis plant will have a capacity of 818,000 cubic meters per day and is due to start operating in 2026. The announcement is dated May 14, 2024.

Toray Industries received a reverse osmosis membrane order for the Taweelah desalination plant in the UAE, which will be the world's largest RO desalination facility when commissioned in the second half of 2022.

WABAG secured an order worth about USD 100 million for engineering and procurement on the 120 MIGD Hassyan seawater reverse osmosis plant in Dubai, ordered by Green EPC, the prime contractor for Utico FZC. The plant is planned for phased commissioning by March 2024.

valveIT, through its Sharjah office Fluid Tech FZE, was approved as a valve manufacturer for Etihad Water & Electricity Authority (FEWA) in the UAE, reported on September 2, 2021.

Energy Recovery was awarded USD 23.5 million to supply PX Pressure Exchanger devices and equipment to desalination projects in the Middle East and North Africa, including the largest contract in its history for the Taweelah SWRO plant near Abu Dhabi. Shipments run from Q1 2020 through the first half of 2021.

Flowserve signed an agreement to provide the main pumps for the Taweelah sea water reverse osmosis desalination plant near Abu Dhabi, which will be the largest SWRO project in the world with capacity of 909,200 cubic meters of water per day.

Flowserve signed agreements to provide more than 135 main pumps for the Taweelah plant near Abu Dhabi, UAE, and the Rabigh-3 plant in Saudi Arabia. Taweelah will be the largest SWRO plant in the world.

The Emirates Water and Electricity Co. and ACWA Power signed a water purchase agreement to fund construction of a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant at the Taweelah Power and Water Complex. The $900 million plant is expected to be completed by 2022.

IEP Process Solutions, a subsidiary of Centena Group, won a multi-million-dirham contract to supply six steam and water analysis systems for a strategic utilities project in Abu Dhabi. Announced on 6 April 2026.