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OSWS is in charge of the operation and maintenance for 20 years of all the infrastructures of water collection and pumping, desalination, supply, potabilization and sewerage of one of the largest ports in the world. The joint venture Oman Sustainable Water Services (OSWS), formed by Aqualia and the Omani public com- pany Majis Industrial Services, has successfully completed its first year of managing the water services of the Sohar port area. This is a highly technically complex project that includes critical seawa- ter extraction plants with a capacity of 700,000 m³/h and an associated network, a 20,000 m³/day capacity A year of exemplary management of Port of Sohar (Omán) water services The Port of Sohar in Oman is a deepwater port and an adjacent free trade zone in the Middle East, located specifically in the Sultanate of Oman, about 200 kilometres nor- th-west of the capital, Muscat. It is one of the world’s largest ports in the north of the country and one of the largest free zone developments. It is at the centre of the world’s tra- de routes between Europe and Asia making it a strategic location for bu- siness. C O M M U N I T I E S 54 C O M M U N I T I E S