Marafiq Jizan SWRO Desalination Plant
Operation and maintenance of SWRO Desalination plant and the drinking water distribution system in the Jizan industrial area (Jizan City for Primary and Downstream Industries – JCPDI).
Client is Power and Water Utility Company for Jubail and Yanbu (MARAFIQ) and the end user is Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu.
The plant has the capacity to produce 60,000 m3 of desalinated water per day, both for drinking and service water, which will be supplied to the industries installed in the JCPDI industrial hub. Its treatment processes include a dissolved air flotation system, seawater ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis modules and post-treatment to adapt the water to the use requirements. In addition, it has all the auxiliary equipment such as a dosage of reagents, an in-situ sodium hypochlorite production system, the corresponding pumping systems and a supply network to the entire industrial city.
Sustainability:
Technologies and Solutions:
RO Section
Seven (6 working + 1 standby), two pass reverse osmosis system is provided to meet the required TDS quality and Boron level for drinking water.
Sodium Bisulfite and Antiscalant are dosed in the UF permeate prior to feeding it to downstream RO pass 1 units.
Caustic is dosed before BWRO system to raise the pH of feed water to optimum level to maximize the rejection of Boron and achieving its levels in permeate.
RO Pass 1 energy recovery system (PX units), to recover waste energy from SWRO concentrate, with booster pump and the associated piping.
Post-treatment (Remineralization)
The BWRO permeate is aggressive in nature. Therefore, remineralization is carried out by dosing lime solution along with carbonic acid solution in the BWRO permeate water to condition (remineralize) the desalinated water prior to final distribution and use.
Sodium hypochlorite is also dosed to maintain sanitary conditions in the potable water storage, transmission and distribution piping.
