[1][2] The desalination plant is located in the Namib Desert, near the settlement of Wlotzkasbaken, in the Erongo Region of Namibia.

[1] Swakopmund is located approximately 391 kilometres (243 mi) by road, west of Windhoek, the capital and largest city in the country.

[1][5] The raw sea water is taken through the following processes, during purification: (a) screen filtration (b) ultrafiltration (c) reverse osmosis (d) limestone contact and (e) chlorination.

[1][7] In July 2022, the owners of this facility signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with InnoSun (a subsidiary of the French firm InnoVent) to design, build, own, operate and maintain a 5 MW solar power station and supply that energy to Erongo Desalination Plant for a 10-year contract term, starting on the date of commercial commissioning.

Orano expects the new solar farm to reduce the desalination plant's carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent or nearly 10,000 metric tonnes annually.