Barka 1 Expansion IWP

Barka 1 Expansion IWP

The Sea Water Reverse Osmosis plant is located at Barka, adjacent to ACWA Power Barka’s existing plant and is developed as an Independent Water Project on a Build, Own, Operate basis. NOMAC Oman, a subsidiary of ACWA Power, which is the O&M provider for the existing ACWA Power Barka plant, and the expansion project.

Key facts

  • Location

    60 km north of Muscat, Oman

  • Offtaker

    Oman Power and Water Procurement Company

  • Desalinated water (000' m3/day)

    45.5 m3/day, SWRO

  • Project cost

    US$ 53 million

  • Acwa share

    41.91%

  • Offtake contract

    WPA-BOO 8.2 years

  • Other investors

    Instrata, Multitech, 35% Public – Muscat Stock Market

  • Commercial operations date

    Q2 2014

  • Operations & maintenance company

    Acwa Operations

  • Engineering, procurement & construction company

    Abeinsa, Spain

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