MACC lays its fourth offshore pipeline for the Deir Al Balah desalination plant

For the fourth time MACC has laid an offshore pipeline in the sea: a 710 mm HDPE brine outfall for the Southern Gaza Desalination Plant in Deir Al Balah, its longest offshore line to date.

MACC has laid and installed an offshore pipeline in the sea for the fourth time: the 710 mm diameter brine outfall of the Southern Gaza Desalination Plant in Deir Al Balah, the longest offshore line the company has built. The pipe was assembled on the beach and floated out to its position on the seabed.

The line is Package 2 of the plant's second-phase expansion, carried out for UNICEF with European Union funding. MACC supplied and installed the HDPE offshore pipeline, connected it to the existing brine line, built the manholes, fixed the pipe to the seabed with ballast blocks, fitted the diffusers and navigational aids, and tested the line under full hydraulic loading. UNICEF certified substantial completion from 28 October 2021.

The outfall discharges the brine from the expanded 20,000 m³/day plant to sea, and complements the 14,000 m³/day process plant that MACC built under the expansion's main package.