Water-Treatment · Desalination · ESG Advisory

Clear Thinking for
the World's Hardest Water.

Nizar Kammourie is an independent water-treatment and desalination consultant — helping plants, utilities and project developers raise recovery, cut energy, manage brine and meet their sustainability goals, drawing on decades of hands-on leadership in the sector.

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25+ yrs
Desalination & water-
treatment leadership
KSA · GCC
Advisory & consulting
focus region
ESG
Committee Chair,
AmCham Saudi Arabia
1 µS/cm
High-purity water
expertise
Profile

An Advisor Who Has Run the Plants,
Not Just Studied Them.

Nizar Kammourie Jeddah · KSAWater treatment

Nizar Kammourie advises clients across the water-treatment and desalination industry, pairing a foundation in civil engineering and mathematics with decades of senior operating experience in one of the world's most water-stressed regions.

His perspective is grounded in real plants. As Chief Executive Officer of SAWACO Water Desalination and former CEO of the Japanese–Saudi EPC venture Suido Kiko Middle East, he has led seawater and brackish desalination, water reuse and industrial treatment operations — so his counsel reflects what actually works on site, not just on paper.

He advises on the issues that decide whether a project succeeds: higher recovery at lower energy, brine reduction, high-purity water, digital and AI-driven optimisation, and credible ESG performance aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. As ESG Committee Chair at AmCham Saudi Arabia, he is a recognised voice on sustainable water in the Kingdom and across the GCC.

Nizar Kammourie Water-Treatment & Desalination Consultant
Advisory services

How I Help Water-Treatment
Teams Move Forward.

Desalination Plant Advisory
Strategy & performance

Technology selection, process review and performance optimisation for SWRO and BWRO seawater and brackish desalination plants — from concept through to running operations.

Brine Management & Reuse
Sustainability

Cutting discharge and recovering value from desalination brine, including Cascade Flow Reverse Osmosis (CFRO) approaches that turn waste streams into additional potable-grade water.

High-Purity Water Solutions
Specialty water

Designing routes to ultra-pure water — down to 1 µS/cm — for pharmaceutical, boiler-feed, refinery and laboratory applications, including green carbon-cell technologies.

Digital & AI Optimisation
Operations intelligence

Bringing AI-driven monitoring of pressure, flow and chemical dosing to lift plant efficiency, reduce energy and support confident, data-led decisions.

ESG & Sustainability Advisory
Governance

Aligning water operations with credible ESG frameworks and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with verified metrics and honest water accountability.

Project & Feasibility Advisory
Development

Feasibility studies, BOT/BOO concession structuring and EPC oversight for new water infrastructure — bringing operator insight to the developer's table.

Experience

The Track Record Behind
the Advice.

Present
Chief Executive Officer
SAWACO Water Desalination

Leads day-to-day strategy and operations of one of Saudi Arabia's pioneering private water utilities, supplying un-bottled potable water and advancing sustainable desalination technologies.

Former
Chief Executive Officer
Suido Kiko Middle East (SKME)

Directed engineering and construction of seawater and brackish desalination plants, sewage treatment and industrial water/wastewater systems for municipalities and major public and private clients.

Foundation
General Manager
SAWACO Water Desalination

Ran multi-site Red Sea operations and pioneered resource recovery from desalination brine — the hands-on grounding that shapes his advisory work today.

Affiliations & recognition

Trusted Across the
Water Community.

01

AmCham Saudi Arabia

ESG Committee Chair, advancing environmental, social and governance practice across the business community.
02

IDRA

Active industry voice within the International Desalination and Reuse Association on the future of sustainable desalination.
03

Rabigh-3 IWP

Board director on one of the world's largest independent water projects, a joint venture between ACWA Power and Saudi Brothers.
04

Current Water Technologies Inc.

Board member of the Canadian water-technology company behind green carbon-cell high-purity water systems.
05

Conference speaker

A regular speaker at desalination, water-reuse and sustainability forums across the Kingdom and the GCC.
06

Industry & media

Featured in Arab News and industry webinars on water innovation, digital transformation and ESG.
Signature expertise

Where I Add the
Most Value.

Brine reduction

Cascade Flow Reverse Osmosis

Practical guidance on recovering additional potable-grade water from desalination brine — minimising discharge while improving overall plant yield.

High-purity water

Ultra-Pure Process Design

Specifying routes to water down to 1 µS/cm for boiler-feed, pharmaceutical, refinery and laboratory use, using low-footprint green technologies.

AI for water

Intelligent Plant Optimisation

Helping operators adopt AI optimisation — monitoring pressure, flow and chemical use — to drive efficiency and lower energy intensity.

Energy & recovery

The Water–Energy Nexus

Balancing higher water recovery against lower energy consumption — the central trade-off that defines a plant's economics and its footprint.

Get in touch

Have a Water-Treatment
Challenge Worth Solving?

For consulting engagements, plant reviews, advisory retainers, speaking or media enquiries on desalination, water reuse and sustainability.

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