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Seawater desalination plant in Jaffna

Sector: Commercial • Location: Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Source: World Bank Group

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The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) of Sri Lanka has awarded SUEZ with a new contract to design, build and operate the first-ever desalination plant through sea water reverse osmosis in Jaffna, the capital city of the Northern Province of the country. With a capacity of 24,000 m3, the facility, partly financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), will be designed-built over a peri

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Prospective
Sector
Commercial, Water Supply and Storage, Waste Processing and Treatment, Government
Location
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
World Bank Group

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The project “Seawater desalination plant in Jaffna” is an infrastructure initiative in the Commercial sector, located in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Taiyo aggregates data on it from World Bank Group.

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2026-07-22

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The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) of Sri Lanka has awarded SUEZ with a new contract to design, build and operate the first-ever desalination plant through sea water reverse osmosis in Jaffna, the capital city of the Northern Province of the country. With a capacity of 24,000 m3, the facility, partly financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), will be designed-built over a period of two and half years, and thereafter operated and maintained by SUEZ for seven years. The plant will provide safe drinking water to 300,000 people of the city of Jaffna and its surrounding urban and rural areas. Financing is secured by the Sri Lanka state. Contract was awarded on March 8, 2021. https://www.suez.com/en/news/press-releases/first-seawater-desalination-plant-in-jaffna-sri-lanka

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Water and sewerage

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Sri Lanka

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Jaffna

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Commercial, Water Supply and Storage, Waste Processing and Treatment, Government

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2024-05-17

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