Water & Environment · Under construction
Chennai Desalination Plant — 200 MLD
Chennai, Tamil Nadu · Metro Water Authority · 2025
₹2,240 CrContract value · 36 months

Project overview
Desalination · SWRO · 200 MLD
A 200-MLD seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant with marine intake and outfall — climate-resilient drinking water for a city that has known drought.
Capacity200 MLD
ProcessSeawater RO (SWRO)
Energy recoveryPressure-exchanger
Contract value₹2,240 Cr
Duration36 months
Scope of work
- Marine intake and outfall tunnels
- Pre-treatment and SWRO trains
- Energy-recovery and post-treatment
- Product-water pumping to the grid
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