Project record

Fujairah I IWP seawater intake and outfall

Lantania project rendering of the planned Fujairah I reverse-osmosis plant, two domed water-storage tanks and adjacent port waterfront

Lantania; exact Fujairah I project rendering, not a construction image

EtihadWE's development and investment arm signed the AED 1.046 billion EPC agreement for Fujairah I with NMDC Infra and Lantania Aguas on 7 May 2026. The 60 MIGD plant at the Port of Fujairah includes a submarine intake tower, two GRP intake pipelines, intake pumps and a GRP marine outfall sized for the full seawater abstraction volume. The award defines a substantial marine package; a notice to proceed, offshore mobilisation and installed quantities are not published.

Project signal

Award in UAE

Current status EPC agreement signed on 7 May 2026; no notice to proceed or marine mobilisation is published Source confidence Confirmed

Location

UAE / Middle East

Segment

Marine utilities

Status

EPC agreement signed on 7 May 2026; no notice to proceed or marine mobilisation is published / Confirmed

Last checked

20 July 2026

Coverage

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Marine utilities is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
Development and investment arm of Etihad Water and Electricity (EtihadWE)
Delivery parties
NMDC Infra - civil and marine works and installation, Lantania Aguas - engineering, key process equipment, installation supervision and start-up
Contract route
Engineering, procurement and construction agreement between EtihadWE's development and investment arm and the NMDC Infra-Lantania Aguas consortium. EtihadWE describes Fujairah I as its second privately procured IWP after Naqa'a IWP.
Execution window
EtihadWE and Lantania describe an approximately 30-month delivery period covering civil works, process systems and commissioning. Initial operation is expected at partial capacity before full 60 MIGD production. Neither source publishes a notice-to-proceed date, first-water date or accepted commercial-operation date.
Works package
Deliver a 60 MIGD, approximately 272,765 m3/day seawater reverse-osmosis plant on about 10 hectares within the Port of Fujairah. The works include two water-storage tanks providing 18 hours of production, a submarine intake tower, two GRP intake pipelines, redundant intake pumping and a GRP marine outfall for concentrate and treated effluents sized to handle the full seawater abstraction volume.
Marine interfaces
NMDC's civil and marine works must connect the offshore intake tower, twin intake lines, shoreline and intake pumping to Lantania's process system, then return concentrate and treated effluents through the marine outfall. Detailed survey, seabed and geotechnical data, pipe handling and jointing, landfall works, offshore installation, tie-ins, hydraulic testing, discharge performance and port-interface controls have not been published.
Commercial evidence boundary
The plant EPC is awarded, so the remaining market lies inside consortium procurement rather than a new owner-level EPC competition. Potential specialist demand may include marine survey and geotechnics, GRP supply and jointing, marine plant, landfall and pipeline installation, diving and survey support, environmental monitoring and hydraulic commissioning, but no subcontract awards or procurement packages are public yet.

Project timeline

Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

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EtihadWE signed the AED 1.046 billion EPC agreement

The owner confirmed NMDC Infra and Lantania Aguas as the EPC consortium for a 60 MIGD plant and described an approximately 30-month delivery programme. Contract signature establishes delivery responsibility, not notice to proceed, marine mobilisation or construction progress.

Source

Lantania defined the intake-outfall scope and NMDC marine role

The contractor record identifies a submarine intake tower, two GRP intake pipelines, a GRP marine outfall and NMDC responsibility for civil and marine works. It does not publish final geometry, installation method, subcontract awards or accepted quantities.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Notice to proceed, detailed-design release and confirmed construction start
  • Intake and outfall diameters, lengths, alignments and shore-crossing method
  • Submarine intake-tower, marine outfall and any diffuser geometry
  • Named marine subcontractors, GRP suppliers and installation plant
  • Bathymetric, geotechnical, environmental and port-interface controls
  • Installed quantities, as-built surveys, tie-ins and hydraulic testing
  • Partial-capacity first water kept separate from full 60 MIGD acceptance

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Reporting status

Award, confirmed confidence

Last checked 20 July 2026 across 4 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 20 July 2026 Cited sources 4

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