RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia is looking to augment its drinking water supplies with mobile reverse osmosis desalination plants while its large-scale projects come online.
The country’s King Salman announced plans for SR175 million ($46.6 million) to be spent each year on mobile desalination units, reported Arab News.
Mobile stations will initially be deployed to the regions of Jazan and Asir.
The move comes amid increasing demand for water in the Kingdom and ties in with the growing development of decentralised water provision.
Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Fadhli, Minister of environment, water and agriculture who is also the chairman of the Saline Water Conservation Corporation (SWCC) reportedly said: “This generous order to allocate this amount annually will contribute to the increase of the corporation’s supply of desalinated water in a short time, until the completion of the corporation’s current projects.”
SWCC is expected to invite qualified companies to submit their proposals shortly.
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