Cadagua Wins UAE Desalination Contract

The UAE’s Federal Electricity and Water Authority has awarded a €41m ($56m) contract to the Cadagua-led consortium to build a reverse-osmosis desalination plant in Al Zawrah, UAE.

The project includes the design, manufacture, supply, construction, installation, testing and commissioning of the desalination plant.

The plant is capable of treating 45,560m³ per day of water and will be executed by Cadagua, along with local partner ESSA Engineering.

Work on the project will commence immediately and is expected to be completed in December 2012, according to desalination.biz.com.