MACC starts the offshore outfall for the Southern Gaza Desalination Plant expansion

MACC has started Package 2 of the Southern Gaza Desalination Plant expansion for UNICEF: about 150 m of HDPE offshore brine discharge pipeline with diffusers, ballast blocks, manholes and navigational aids off Deir Al Balah.

In September 2020 MACC started Package 2 of the second-phase expansion of the Southern Gaza Desalination Plant (SGDP) in Deir Al Balah: the offshore part of the effluent discharge outfall that carries brine from the expanded plant to sea. The works are contracted by UNICEF (contract 43307932) with European Union funding.

The scope covers supply and installation of about 150 m of HDPE offshore pipeline, its connection to the existing brine line, construction of manholes, ballast blocks to hold the pipeline on the seabed, installation of diffusers, navigational aids with all fittings and accessories, and testing of the pipeline under full hydraulic loading.

The outfall serves the 14,000 m³/day RO 14,000 process plant that MACC is building under the same expansion, which takes the plant to 20,000 m³/day. UNICEF certified substantial completion of Package 2 from 28 October 2021.