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Sulaibiya Wastewater Reclamation Plant — Kuwait's Membrane-Based BOT Water Reuse Facility
Kuwait · Kuwait City · See the Kuwait profile · See the Kuwait City profile
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Sulaibiya near Kuwait City treats municipal wastewater with ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis under a 30-year BOT concession, designed for about 375,000 m3/day; sources disagree on current throughput.
Details
- Promoter
- Utilities Development Company / Ministry of Public Works (Kuwait)
- Period
- 2001–present
- Keywords
- water reuse, reverse osmosis, BOT, wastewater
Description
The Sulaibiya plant combines biological treatment with ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis to produce high-quality reclaimed water for agriculture, industry and groundwater replenishment. It was developed by a private consortium under a 30-year Build-Operate-Transfer concession awarded by Kuwait's Ministry of Public Works (sources give 2001 or 2002) and is described as one of the world's largest RO wastewater plants.
It was designed for an average of about 375,000 m3/day (maximum 425,000), with expansion to 600,000 m3/day planned and announced in 2015. A long-term assessment reports that product water met design values with no violation across 10 years of monthly records.
Caveats: current throughput and the status of the expansion could not be confirmed from recent operator data, and ecological outcomes (carbon, biodiversity) are not documented.
Read the full analysis: https://www.cdmsmith.com/en-ae/projects/sulaibiya-wwt_project-detail
Implementation
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-10-09
- Utilities Development Company / Ministry of Public Works (Kuwait) — accessed 2026-10-09
- CDM Smith: Sulaibiya project — accessed 2026-10-09
- Long-term assessment of the product water of Sulaibiya (ResearchGate) — accessed 2026-10-09
- WaterWorld: Sulaibiya begins full operations — accessed 2026-10-09
- GE: Sulaibiya upgrade — accessed 2026-10-09
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