Djerba plant is a desalination plant, located on the island of Djerba, Tunisia. The project was awarded by Tunisia’s national water distribution utility (SONEDE) and jointly financed by the German Development Bank (KfW) and French Agency for Development (AFD).
Djerba plant was inaugurated in 2018 by Tunisia’s Prime Minister Youssef Chahed. The infrastructure will produce 50,000 m3 of drinking water per day, which will be scalable to 75,000 m3 per day.
The design and construction project, half of which was executed by Aqualia and GS Inima, also included the installation of pipes to link to the existing distribution network (23.7 kilometers of pipelines). As well as a well-water iron removal plant, product water pumping station, and seawater and effluent capture systems.
Reported in July 2014
GS Inima wins deal to set up a desalination plant in Tunisia
On Wednesday 18th of last month June, GS Inima announced that it had won a deal to set up a desalination plant in Tunisia. The Djerba plant construction deal involves a 50-50 consortium between GS, a South Korean firm, and Aqualia S.A, a water management company.
The plant will see the conversion of 50,000 tons of seawater into fresh water. The project is based at Djerba, a resort in southern Tunisia. This is the first time a Korean company will be entering a North African country’s construction market and GS will own a share of 34.7 million Euros.
The news of winning the contract should be better news after the company was charged with setting up two desalination plants in Algeria, a neighboring country.
The two companies will be responsible for designing the plant, as well as procuring and constructing the plant. The company will use the platform to boost a campaign to win another contract involving the construction of Sfax and Zarat desalination projects in Tunisia, whose orders are expected after 2015.
