On 18 August, Almar Water Solutions, through its parent company Abdul Latif Jameel, was pre-qualified for the development of a desalination plant in Umm Al Quwain in the United Arab Emirates.
The desalination plant, with a rated capacity of 204,570 cubic metres/day, will be developed under a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) or Build-Own-Operate (BOO) scheme over 25 years, and will supply a population of over one million inhabitants.