Ras Mohaisen Independent Water Plant (IWP)
Al-Qunfudhah Governorate, Makkah Region (≈300 km south of Mecca) · Saudi Arabia
Ras Mohaisen is a 300,000 m³/day SWRO project on the Red Sea coast that will serve the Makkah and Al-Bahah regions. The developer consortium — ACWA Power, Hajj Abdullah Ali Reza & Co., and AlKifah Holding — reached financial close in December 2025, with initial production planned for 2028 and full capacity in 2030.
- Design Capacity
- 300,000 m³/day
- Project Value
- SAR 2.57 billion (≈ USD 693 million)
- Status
- Awarded
- Announced
- 2025-02
- Expected Completion
- 2030
- Client / Offtaker
- Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) — 25-year water purchase contract
- EPC Contractor
- Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Lantania Joint Venture (EPC)
- Technology
- Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO)
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Region
- Al-Qunfudhah Governorate, Makkah Region (≈300 km south of Mecca)
- Last Verified
- 2025-12-30
Why This Project Matters
The scheme pairs an energy-efficient SWRO plant with substantial finished-water storage (around 600,000 m³, roughly two operating days) and a 30 MW solar PV plant, underlining how supply resilience and renewable integration are now considered together in Gulf water procurement.
Timeline
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Project agreements signed
SWPC signs the IWP agreements with the ACWA Power-led developer consortium.
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EPC contract awarded
L&T and Lantania joint venture selected for the engineering, procurement and construction scope.
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Financial close
Project financing closed at approximately SAR 2.57 billion, fully private-sector funded.
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Initial production
First production phase of 100,000 m³/day scheduled.
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Full capacity
Ramp-up to the full 300,000 m³/day design capacity.
Verification & Sources
EngiMetric tracks project facts against public sources only. Every value above (capacity, value, parties, status, dates) is cited. Content last verified on 2025-12-30.