Thames Gateway Water Treatment Works
51°30′56″N 0°05′34″E / 51.51554°N 0.09278°E
| Desalination plant | |
|---|---|
| Daily capacity | 100 megalitres |
| Cost | £250 million |
| Energy usage | 14 MW |
| Technology | Reverse osmosis |
| Completion date | 2 June 2010 |
The Thames Gateway Water Treatment Works or Beckton Desalination Plant is a desalination plant in Beckton, London, adjacent to Beckton Sewage Treatment Works. The plant takes brackish water from the River Thames and converts it into drinkable water through a reverse osmosis process. The first of its kind in the UK, it was built for Thames Water by a consortium of Interserve, Atkins Water and Acciona Agua. It was opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on 2 June 2010. It was planned to provide up to 150 million litres of drinking water each day – enough for 900,000 Londoners. – but by 2023 had only operated on three occasions, and at two-thirds of its planned capacity.