The Middle East water market continues to expand, creating new opportunities for foreign developers and lenders.

From Oman to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Middle East water market continues to rapidly expand to satisfy increasing demand from population growth. For Asian, European, and US developers and their lenders, there are numerous opportunities of differing scale across the supply chain - notwithstanding fierce competition from market leaders. Investment attraction, of course, depends on risk profile, and different contractual models (including counterparty risk, shareholder control, equity funding, and government credit support) will appeal to different investors.