2020 Sustainability Report |Aqualia’s horizon | 33 and maintenance of existing treatment plants and collector networks, pumping stations and wastewater contracts for the provision of services for comprehensive treatment plants in the geographical area of Al Ain and water management throughout the country. the city of Abu Dhabi. Algeria Oman Aqualia managed to maintain continuous operation at Despite the pandemic, Aqualia continued to operate full capacity and without significant incidents in the two without incident the management of the end-to-end desalination plants, Mostaganem and Cap Djinet, thus cycle for the Sohar port area through the subsidiary, providing a critical service to the population in the area. Oman Sustainable Services Company. Egypt Qatar Aqualia completed a year of guaranteed operation at With regard to activity in Qatar, in 2020 work began the El Alamein desalination plant, with 150,000 m³/ on the initial operation phase for the Al Dhakhira day of capacity, and obtained an extension of this wastewater treatment plant in the north of the country, contract until 2022. And the Abu Rawash wastewater built by Hyundai, with a capacity of 55,000m³/d and that treatment plant project continued at a good pace despite will be operated by Aqualia MACE once it fully enters the impact of the pandemic, and initial operations are into service in 2021. expected in 2021. A joint venture led by Aqualia and with the participation United Arab Emirates of reputable local partners was also set up to develop In 2020, the Aqualia subsidiary company, MACE, projects to improve the sewerage, water treatment and provided operation and maintenance services for the re-use network, which will provide services to the Qatari Ministry of Public Works and Sanitation. El Alamein Desalination Plant: A high-level referral The El Alamein desalination plant is a first class benchmark for new projects in the desalination plan designed by the Egyptian government with the aim of reducing the country's water stress in the Mediterranean and Red Sea coastal areas.