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Global Marine Utility Interface Monitor: July 2026

Twenty-one projects track where utility delivery meets the coast across Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, island states and the Middle East. Sizewell C adds a live three-line marine construction sequence with separate evidence for boring, pipe pulls and the work still needed before acceptance.

Public web report / version 2.9 / published 13 July 2026 / data cutoff 20 July 2026.

Aerial view of the Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant under construction between the coastal dunes and the Indian Ocean

Water Corporation, Western Australia

Evidence scope

Twenty-one projects across six world regions and eight delivery phases

Twenty-one public IMWO Marine utilities records in Bahrain, Morocco, Senegal, Chile, Mexico, Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Singapore, India, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. They cover desalination, wastewater discharge and coastal power interfaces from planning, prequalification and tendering through financing, award, construction, commissioning and completed-reference stages.

21 tracked projects155 project source citations20 Confirmed records6 world regions

Portfolio composition

Project distribution in this edition

Calculated from 21 public project records in this edition. Counts describe the current portfolio, not market size, expenditure, or completion progress.

Delivery phase

  1. Construction 733%
  2. Commissioning 314%
  3. Tender 314%
  4. Award 210%
  5. Completed 210%
  6. Prequalification 210%
  7. Financing 15%
  8. Planning 15%

World region

  1. Middle East 943%
  2. Asia Pacific 314%
  3. Global Islands 314%
  4. Africa 210%
  5. Americas 210%
  6. Europe 210%

Format

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Audience

Water and power owners, marine contractors, tunnelling and pipeline specialists, consultants, lenders, environmental teams, equipment suppliers, and institutions screening coastal utility delivery interfaces.

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International Marine Work Organization (2026). Global Marine Utility Interface Monitor: July 2026 (Version 2.9, IMWO-REP-2026-07-UTILITY; data cutoff 20 July 2026). https://imwo.org/reports/report-global-marine-utility-interface-monitor

Edition identifier
IMWO-REP-2026-07-UTILITY
Current revision
Version 2.9 / updated 20 July 2026. Sizewell C adds a current United Kingdom construction case with three sub-seabed utility lines. Its harbour record now runs from boring and lining through separate CDO and desalination pipe pulls, while head structures, testing and water production remain open. The edition covers 21 projects and 155 project-source citations; Taweelah C remains the only Reported marine-interface watch.
Review cycle
Monthly evidence review; material corrections or project-stage changes can trigger an interim dated revision.
Correction route
Submit stronger primary evidence or a documented correction for review in the next dated revision.

Calculated snapshot

What the included records show

Every share uses the same 21-record denominator at the stated cutoff. The figures describe evidence maturity and delivery phase within the published set; they are not market-share, capacity, expenditure or forecast measures.

Tracked projects 21

All 21 public Marine utilities records are included at the cutoff; no qualifying public record is excluded.

21 of 21 included records
Confirmed records 20

Twenty records identify a project-specific marine construction, operating or definition-stage interface. Taweelah C remains Reported because no controlled source defines a physical seawater or marine route.

20 of 21 included records
Construction or commissioning 10

Casablanca, Mamelles, Alkimos, Ras Mohaisen, Tuas, Algarve and Sizewell C are classified in construction, while Codelco SADDN, Hassyan and Rabigh 4 are on commissioning paths.

10 of 21 included records

Executive findings

Across the 21 records, package definition and physical evidence matter more than plant capacity or ceremony when judging addressable marine work.

Finding 01

Package definition is the first commercial filter

Twenty records identify a project-specific marine construction, operating or definition-stage interface. Sizewell C has reached marine execution with three bored routes and separate CDO and desalination pipe-pull notices. Fujairah I has a signed EPC and defined intake-outfall scope but no published notice to proceed. Rabigh 4 has project-specific flows plus a dated performance test; Taweelah RO supplies an operating reference with bid-stage layouts and Hawar publishes three separate EPC tenders. Rosarito's invitation is less explicit about its coastal allocation, while Gopalpur and Saudi Arabia's five-IWP programme remain upstream of final marine-package definition. Taweelah C is the single Reported watch because no controlled source defines its physical seawater route.

Finding 02

Four outfall states create four different commercial questions

Kinoya will upgrade treatment while reusing an existing approximately 2.4 km outfall; South Tarawa is a completed three-outfall reference with mixed later outcome evidence; Tuas has a substantially completed new outfall inside a wider uncommissioned system. Honiara adds a fourth state: two old outfalls are rehabilitated and 3.2 km of landward sewer is built, but the new marine tender remains unpublished and the owner plan still carries a different outfall basis from the 2023 EIA. The open package cannot be inferred from an outfall label alone.

Finding 03

Commissioning must be read across the complete water chain

SADDN's first water proves that its connected route carried water during progressive validation; it does not establish accepted 840 l/s service or BOOT service commencement. Hassyan's first 60 MIGD block is a partial release. Rabigh 4 has passed its full-capacity EPC performance test, but owner commercial operation, final intake-outfall handover and sustained environmental results remain open. Mamelles has the opposite evidence gap: physical intake tunnelling is on record, but the discharge, wet-testing and owner-acceptance chain remains open.

Finding 04

The marine methods are not interchangeable

Sizewell C combines sequential boring and lining with approximately 500-metre floating pipes, jack-up-assisted pull-in, four-point mooring and diving. Alkimos uses long subsea tunnel drives, piled offshore intake structures, vertical risers and a diffuser installed from marine plant. Codelco combines an offshore tower, submarine pipes, a blasted seabed trench and a coastal sump. Mamelles records a 340 m intake microtunnel, while its older JICA basis separately carried twin intake lines and a 500 m brine return whose final construction state remains unpublished. Algarve adds two intake towers about 2 km offshore, twin intake conduits and a 2.13 km brine return. Capacity figures alone do not reveal this delivery demand.

Finding 05

Finance, procurement, construction, and operations create different entry points

Gopalpur is an advisory and scheme-definition opportunity; the Saudi five-IWP programme is a developer-qualification gate; Aqaba-Amman remains gated by financial close and notice to proceed. Hawar has reached bid opening across three linked EPC packages, but its bidder tables do not establish an award. Fujairah I has crossed into EPC award, so remaining specialist opportunity depends on consortium procurement. Rosarito is at invitation stage, with proposals planned for 21 July and a ruling planned for 24 July; neither date is an award. Sizewell C, Casablanca, Mamelles, Alkimos, Ras Mohaisen and Algarve concentrate value in specialist construction, while Codelco, Hassyan, Rabigh 4 and Tuas shift attention toward integration, testing, acceptance and lifecycle performance.

Included project evidence

All 21 public Marine utilities records form the denominator for this edition. Each linked project page carries its current scope, delivery parties, commercial read, next milestone, material-change history and complete project source list.

Senegal / Confirmed

Dakar Mamelles desalination intake and brine discharge

Marine utilities / Construction

Plant remained under construction in February 2026; commissioning was expected later in 2026, while final marine handover evidence remains unpublished

6 structured project sources
Saudi Arabia / Confirmed

Ras Mohaisen Independent Water Project and Marine Intake/Outfall

Marine utilities / Construction

Project agreements, the L&T-Lantania EPC award and December 2025 financial close are evidenced, and ACWA's 3 March 2026 year-end report classifies the full 300,000 m3/day capacity as under construction; offshore mobilisation, installed intake or outfall geometry, first water and accepted production are not dated

8 structured project sources
UAE / Reported

Taweelah C IPP coastal utility interface

Marine utilities / Award

PPA and EPC signed; cooling-water review and existing-plant tie-ins exposed, marine route unconfirmed

10 structured project sources
UAE / Confirmed

Taweelah RO desalination intake and outfall system

Marine utilities / Completed

ACWA lists commercial operations from Q1 2024; the 200 MIGD plant is operating, while final as-built intake and outfall geometry is not publicly disclosed

6 structured project sources
Kiribati / Confirmed

South Tarawa sanitation and three-ocean-outfall rehabilitation

Marine utilities / Completed

ADB records the three-outfall civil package completed in August 2018, testing and commissioning in Q2 2019, the wider project physically completed on 31 December 2019, and the financing operation closed

5 structured project sources
Singapore / Confirmed

Singapore DTSS2 Tuas WRP nearshore outfall

Marine utilities / Construction

Nearshore outfall and Contract 1A permanent works were substantially completed on 14 August 2023; wider DTSS2 and Tuas WRP completion, commissioning and discharge acceptance remain open

9 structured project sources
India / Confirmed

Gopalpur Industrial Park 100 MLD desalination PPP

Marine utilities / Planning

Four IFC advisory procurements define transaction preparation; the 100 MLD PPP, marine site, concession and works remain unawarded

7 structured project sources
Saudi Arabia / Confirmed

Saudi Arabia five-IWP developer qualification programme

Marine utilities / Prequalification

Sharakat is qualifying developers across five planned seawater reverse-osmosis projects; no individual RFP, award or project-specific marine package is public

8 structured project sources
Portugal / Confirmed

Algarve seawater desalination intake and outfall system

Marine utilities / Construction

Construction was released on 22 April 2026 and the site milestone was held on 8 July; offshore intake and outfall execution remains unverified

6 structured project sources
Solomon Islands / Confirmed

Honiara wastewater mains and two deep-sea outfalls

Marine utilities / Tender

ADB still lists bid-document preparation for the new marine works; Solomon Water's public plan carries competing three-outfall, two-new-outfall and NRH/Ranadi package definitions, with no works award disclosed

8 structured project sources
Mexico / Confirmed

Rosarito 2,200 l/s desalination procurement

Marine utilities / Tender

Compras MX lists the invitation as current, with proposal opening deferred to 24 July 2026 and the ruling moved to 29 July; no award is published

5 structured project sources
Bahrain / Confirmed

Hawar SWRO offshore intake and outfall tender

Marine utilities / Tender

Two bids were opened for Hawar's separate offshore intake and outfall EPC package on 25 December 2025; EWA still lists the wider desalination scheme as a future project and no award is published

7 structured project sources
Saudi Arabia / Confirmed

Rabigh 4 IWP intake, outfall and storage system

Marine utilities / Commissioning

EPC performance test completed on 19 February 2026; SWPC commercial-operation confirmation remains unpublished

6 structured project sources
United Kingdom / Confirmed

Sizewell C temporary desalination intake, outfall and CDO

Marine utilities / Construction

Three sub-seabed utility lines remain under an active harbour construction notice; the CDO and desalination pipe-pull notices have closed

9 structured project sources

Inside this report

  1. Evidence set, inclusion rules, regional spread, phase treatment, and confidence boundary
  2. Marine construction methods across tunnels, submarine pipelines, offshore structures, temporary works, and diffusers
  3. System interfaces from seawater abstraction through treatment, pumping, power, conveyance, storage, and discharge
  4. Commercial watchpoints at financial close, construction acceptance, phased commissioning, and marine-package definition

Method

How the snapshot was calculated

Coverage starts with every public IMWO record classified as Marine utilities on 20 July 2026. A project enters the denominator when a coastal or marine utility interface is identifiable and supported by an owner, developer, lender, contractor, consultant, regulator or public authority. The latest recorded phase and confidence level determine its single position in the figures. This 21-project set is an evidence monitor, not an estimate of the total global water, power or marine-utility market.

Data cutoff
20 July 2026
Denominator
21 public Marine utilities project records across six regions.
Confidence rule
Confirmed and Reported records are counted separately. A power or water award remains Reported for marine scope until a project-specific intake, outfall, cooling-water, tunnel, pipeline, marine civil, or operating-interface package is evidenced. An existing outfall is recorded as an interface but not relabelled as new construction.
Limitations
These 21 records describe visible project evidence, not worldwide desalination capacity, wastewater infrastructure, cooling-system demand, marine pipeline expenditure or tender volume. Scope and timing may change after the cutoff. Adviser procurement, developer qualification, invitation, bid opening, financial close, award, notice to proceed, pipe pull, head installation, intake completion, discharge completion, civil completion, performance testing, first water, partial commissioning, commercial operation, effluent compliance and sustained operations remain separate milestones. A coastal location, signed EPC, closed pipe-pull notice, completed intake drive, successful EPC test or existing outfall does not by itself demonstrate an accepted marine system.

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Related records 42

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