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DesalData Weekly - January 12, 2023

Posted 12 January, 2023 by Mandy

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Inside a reverse osmosis desalination plant. Credit: Tehran Times

SAUDI ARABIALamar Holding has signed a $693 million agreement with Saudi Aramco to construct a reverse osmosis desalination plant for the Jafurah gas development scheme. The facility will have a capacity of 80,000 m3/d and the project also includes a water distribution network and power and utility facilities. Besides Lamar Holding, Mowah Co. is also investing in the plant and SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corp. will be the assigned EPC contractor for the project. (Oil&Gas)

 

IRANThe Iranian Energy Ministry is looking to add at least 400,000 m3 to the country’s water desalination capacity by 2025. There are currently 95 water desalination plants with a total capacity of 638,000 m3/d operational or under construction across the country. The total investments made in the development of these plans was $101.3 million. (Tehran Times)

 

ISRAELResearchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem estimate that Israel will need to build up to 30 more desalination plants to avoid facing major water scarcity by 2065. According to the researcher’s estimate, the country will need to desalinate 3.7 billion m3 annually by 2065 compared to 0.5 billion m3 in 2020. With the population expected to grow from 9.5 million currently to 15-25 million in 2065, water demands will increase by 160 percent. Desalination currently accounts for about half of Israel’s domestic water needs and the country already has five desalination plants and a sixth plant is scheduled to open by 2025. (NoCamels)

 

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The Sorek desalination plant in Israel. Credit: The Times of Israel

 

ISRAELIsrael recently inaugurated a major project to fill the Sea of Galilee with desalinated water from the Mediterranean.  The project is a collaboration between Mekorot and the Israel Water Authority. Mekorot constructed an underground pipe system connecting the Sea of Galilee with five desalination plants on Israel’s Mediterranean coast. Last November Israel and Jordan signed an agreement to exchange solar energy for desalinated water, so the project will serve to transfer water to Jordan as well as maintain water levels in the Galilee. (Times of Israel)

 

ALGERIAAlgeria’s government announced, starting this year, it is launching a training and scientific research program on seawater desalination in four of the countries universities. The program will train engineering graduates to deal with the daily problems of operating desalination plants and meeting the needs of the drinking water production sector.

For six months, trainees will be equipped with desalination techniques and maintenance, particularly the upkeep and cleaning of filters in seawater and brackish water desalination plants. The University of Ouargia, the Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Hydraulique de Blida, the Ecole Nationale Polytechnique d’Oran and the Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology will offer the training programs. (Afrik21)

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