Almar Water Solutions participated in the regional World Bank Technical Meeting on PPPs for Desalination and NRW Reduction held in Marseilles, France, last Sunday.
Organized by the World Bank, Almar Water Solutions CEO Carlos Cosín gave a presentation on the new technologies and trends for desalination in the MENA region.
This weekend, the Water Investment Forum 2016, organized by the National Water Company, Saline Water Conversion Corporation, and the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Agriculture of Saudi Arabia, was held in Riyadh.
One of the highlights was the presentation by Carlos Cosín, CEO of Almar Water Solutions, who discussed the successful projects that he has carried out during his more than 20 years in the water sector.
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.
Almar Water Solutions is pre-qualified for the development of a desalination project in King Abdullah Economic City, in Saudi Arabia. The desalination plant, with a capacity of 30,000 cubic metres/day, expandable to 60,000 m³/day, will supply a population of 150,000 people.
The energy and environmental services division of the Abdul Latif Jameel has launched a water business under the name of Almar Water Solutions, to complement its energy offer. This is a response to challenges seen in the water sector, such as growing demand for water in the Middle East.