We operate in water-scarce regions, where global issues such as climate change, population growth, industrialization and water waste are likely to increase water scarcity in the future.
This includes the Gulf, one of the highest impacted regions, where water desalination contributes to more than 90 percent of daily water requirements. But heavy dependence on desalination poses sustainability risks in itself, with cost and environmental impact remaining key concerns.
To address these challenges, more than 2/3 of our desalination plants use world-class energy-efficient technology, namely seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO). As we grow our capacity, SWRO will be the sole technology used in our desalination plants. The choice of SWRO water desalination technology will play a critical part in significantly reducing water production costs and contribute to our sustainability and ESG goals.
We continue to actively increase the efficiency of our desalination plants and employ innovative technologies to reduce costs. This is undertaken while simultaneously mitigating the environmental impact for our customers, our stakeholders and our planet.
To further our technological improvements in water desalination, ACWA Power collaborates with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The partnership aims to prioritize research in water quality monitoring and system performance modeling using several KAUST research centers. ACWA Power’s water desalination portfolio per type of technology (capacity under management)
We continue to improve the measuring and reporting of our water performance by integrating internal reporting systems for water metrics.
| In 2021, ACWA Power has added three sea water reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants onto its portfolio. As we grow our capacity, SWRO will be the sole technology used in our desalination plants. |
ACWA Power implements an integrated waste management procedure to manage hazardous and non-hazardous waste. This ensures minimal impact on the environment and that local and international regulatory requirements are satisfied. The ideal way to reduce the stress on disposal systems is to reduce the amount of waste that is produced, so our emphasis is on reduction, reuse and recovery before disposal.
To develop our integrated waste management system, we identified the level or levels at which the highest values of individual and collective materials can be recovered, thereby saving material production, resource cost and energy.
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