Larnaca - Successfull BOOT Project Nears Completion

Introduction

The Larnaca Desalination Plant was the first large scale sea water reverse osmosis plant that was built by IDE Technologies Ltd and is solely owned and operated by IDE staff. It is currently in the final year of a 10 year BOOT project (Build, Own, Operate, and Transfer). The plant has a current maximum design capacity of 64,000 m³/day.

Plant construction started in early 2000 and was commissioned and online by July 2001. The Original contract was for a design capacity of 48,000 m³/day, but has been upgraded twice since signing the original contract to its current capacity of 64,000 m³/day.

The plant fulfills all its contractual obligations with regard to quantities of water produced, specific energy consumption and quality of water according to W.H.O. and E.U. standards.