UAE-based Metito will develop phase 2 of the country’s Fujairah Port desalination plant, Zawya reports. The sustainable water management solutions company will lead the engineering, procurement, and construction of a water treatment facility with a capacity of 3.5k cubic meters (cbm) of water per day. No financial details were announced as of yet.

Expansion will double the plant’s current capacity: The project, due to be completed in under a year, will be connected to the first phase of the Fujairah Port desalination plant, which has a capacity of 3k cbm of water per day.

IN CONTEXT- Desalination is growing regionally. The UAE is investing heavily in the industry with several other projects in the pipeline, even piloting a zero-carbon desalination system. Dewa’s solar-powered desalination plant entered the Guinness World Records last month as the world’s largest. Morocco’s Agriculture Ministry issued a tender for a MAD 2.5 bn (USD 233 mn) wind-powered desalination plant in September, and Hassan Allam Holding is looking to invest USD 50-150 mn in renewable energy and desalination plants in the country, the company’s CEO Amr Allam said last month.