Veolia wins two desalination contracts in Oman and the United Arab Emirates
On November 5, 2026, Veolia announced two contracts of a different nature in desalination: the operation of the Al Asilah plant in Oman, and the supply of technology for the Al Hamriyah project in the United Arab Emirates, whose entry into force has been formally recorded. Together, the two facilities have a total capacity of 490,000 m³ per day.
Al Hamriyah: Veolia designs a plant with a capacity of 410,000 m³ per day
In the United Arab Emirates, Veolia is responsible for the design of the Al Hamriyah desalination plant and will supply its technology. With a capacity of 410,000 m³ per day, the facility will supply drinking water to approximately 1.4 million inhabitants.
The group is applying its water pretreatment and remineralization processes (dissolved air flotation, dual-media pressure filters, limestone filters). According to Veolia, the plant will achieve a record energy consumption of 2.75 kWh per cubic meter of water produced, thereby setting a new benchmark for energy efficiency in large-scale desalination.
This project adds to the plants the group has already built in the country, including Hassyan in Dubai, Mirfa 2 in Abu Dhabi, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah.
Oman: a five-year operating contract for the Al Asilah plant
In Oman, Veolia has been entrusted, for a period of five years, with the operation and optimization of the operational performance of the Al Asilah desalination plant, which has a capacity of 80,000 m³ per day. The facility serves 200,000 inhabitants and has a solar farm that diversifies its energy mix.
Its electricity consumption is expected to be optimized in particular through the deployment of the digital solutions Smart Connectors and Hubgrade, designed to monitor equipment and improve its performance. Veolia already operates four large desalination plants in the country, including the nearby Sour plant, and supplies drinking water to nearly 2.5 million inhabitants.
Operated capacity at the heart of the 2030 objective
The two contracts do not fall under the same business: the Al Asilah contract concerns operation, while the Al Hamriyah contract concerns design and technology. Yet the objective put forward by management targets operated capacity.
« With these contracts, we continue to strengthen our long-term strategic partnership in the region and our objective of doubling the desalination capacity we operate worldwide by 2030 », said Estelle Brachlianoff, Chief Executive Officer of Veolia.
The group states that 18% of the desalination capacity installed worldwide was built with its technologies, and that it has a constructed treatment capacity of approximately 13 million m³ per day across more than 2,300 sites in 108 countries.
Present in the Middle East for more than thirty years, Veolia sees this region as one of the key markets for this ambition. The overall value of these contracts, nearly 200 million euros, should be compared with the group's consolidated revenue of 44.4 billion euros achieved in 2025.
