Meeting the challenge
- From: Vol 6, Issue 1 (January 2005)
- Category: Market insight
- Region: Middle East
- Country: Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia
Each country in the region faces its own particular challenges. Water Market Middle East looks at how they are responding.
Algeria will need to develop new sources of supply to meet a projected 65% increase in the demand for water by 2015. It already experiences shortages, which sparked rioting in 2002. One of the principal challenges will be successfully financing a $1.2 billion desalination programme. Prevention of wastage and the improvement of network management is another priority. Negotiations with ...
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