Saudi Arabia plans new desal plants
- From: Vol 3, Issue 2 (February 2002)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country: Saudi Arabia
SAUDI ARABIA is to build 20 desalination plants to meet continued and rising demand – due to population growth – for fresh water.
The governor of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), Abdullah Al-Hussayen, said that in addition a further 13 projects to install 15,000km of water, fuel and gas pipelines were under review for the Kingdom’s eastern coastal region along the Arabian Gulf.
Domestic demand is rising by 2.6% annually and is expected to reach a level of around ...
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