The Republic of Azerbaijan plans to use the water of the Caspian Sea as an auxiliary source for supplying drinking water.
According to information from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Economy, a desalination plant with a daily capacity of 300,000 cubic meters is to be built in the city of Sumqayit, which will meet the needs of Baku and the Absheron Peninsula and produce about 100 million cubic meters of water annually.
The project will be implemented within the framework of a public-private partnership, with Saudi ACWA Power as the key private partner and financier.
