The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is considering allocating $70 million to support a Caspian Sea water desalination project.
Sea-news.az reports that this was stated in an official release by the Bank.
The project encompasses the design, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of a reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant. The facility’s design capacity will be 300,000 cubic meters of water per day, with the potential to reach 330,000 cubic meters per day during peak demand periods. The initiative also involves building the necessary supporting infrastructure.
The project will be executed under a 25-year public-private partnership (PPP) agreement. Desalinated water will be supplied exclusively to the state-owned “United Water Supply Services of Major Cities” company, which oversees water provision for major urban centers.
This initiative will mark Azerbaijan’s first large-scale seawater desalination venture, as well as the nation’s inaugural project implemented via a public-private partnership framework.
“One of the key objectives outlined in ADB’s Country Partnership Strategy for Azerbaijan (2025–2029) is the development of low-carbon transport and infrastructure connectivity, alongside the promotion of inclusive growth. The project specifically contributes to achieving the strategy’s goal of building environmentally clean and sustainable infrastructure,” the ADB statement highlighted.
