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water Aqualia has been working in the Middle East since 2011. In Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, Aqualia developed an important project for five years to optimise the city’s water supply network, allowing it to offer a better service to more than 3 million inhabitants. In the same country, Aqualia is also currently carrying out the ad - ministration of the services affected by the capital’s metro works (also implemented by the FCC group) and has operated and main - tained the Hadda and Arana wastewater treatment plants in the city of Mecca, with half a million inhabitants served. In the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), the company also manages the operation and maintenance of the sanitation and wastewater treatment network in the eastern part of the emirate, which includes the city of Al Ain and remote areas, with a popula - tion of more than 650,000 inhabitants, as well as the operation and maintenance of the sanitation system of Abu Dhabi capital and the adjacent islands of Al Reem, Al Maryah and Al Saadiyat, with ano - ther 630,000 inhabitants served. In addition, Aqualia was chosen in 2014 to manage the sanitation system in Al Dhakhira (Qatar) for 10 years, serving over 200,000 inhabitants. Finally, in Oman the Spanish company manages, in a joint venture with the Omani company Majis, all the water facilities in the port of Sohar and its free zone, the largest port area in the Sultanate. Aqualia’s presence in the Middle East ble pass systems to provide two water quality types, depending on the different needs of the airport. HAAISCO also operates and main - tains two other desalination plants in this Gulf country: the seawa - ter plant at KAUST University in Thuwal and the MSF (multi-stage flash distillation) plant in Rabigh, with 52,250 m³ and 10,000 m³ of daily production each respectively. Aqualia, which will consolidate both businesses in its global ac - counts, is significantly strengthe - ning its position in the region and increasing its desalination capacity by more than 100,000 cubic me - tres per day. Aqualia has been operating in the Middle East since 2011 With these two acquisitions, Aqualia increases its desalination capacity and strengthens its presence in the Middle East, where it already serves more than 1.5 million people Water management services at Port of Sohar (Oman). B U S I N E S S 15 B U S I N E S S