DJIBOUTI – A new desalination plant located in Doraleh was inaugurated on March 14^th by Djibouti’s president. The plant was constructed by Eiffage genie civil, a subsidiary of Eiffage, in partnership with Tedagua. The plant is powered by a nearby wind farm and is one of the few wind-powered water treatment plants in Africa. The plant has a production capacity of 22,500 m³/d and will supply drinking water for up to 250,000 Djiboutians. There are plans to extend the capacity of the plant to 45,000 m³/d after the full completion of the ‘Production of drinking water by renewable energy’ project (Peper) launched in 2017. (Afrik21)

SAUDI ARABIA – Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has set a Guinness World Record for the lowest energy consuming desalination plant in the world. The new plant operates at 2.27 kilowatt per hour per cubic meter of desalinated water. According to SWCC the new plant operates with environmentally friendly reverse osmosis technology that has been implemented with the latest international specifications and standards to develop supply chains. (ARAB NEWS)

IRAN – Construction work has started on two desalination plants in Qeshm Island in Hormozgan Province. The desalination units will be commissioned by the end of the year and each will have a treatment capacity of 3,000 m³/d and will provide drinking water to more than 31,000 residents on the island.

_{Hospital staff using the new solar powered desalination system built by Boreal light and Water Kiosk.   Credit: Kenya News}

KENYA – Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital and the Mombasa Hospital recently inaugurated the largest solar-powered water treatment and desalination system in Africa. The newly launched facility supplies the two health facilities as well as 21 other hospitals and clinics in the country. The plant was constructed by Boreal Light on behalf of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Developments in partnership with Water Kiosk. Similar projects were installed at two Catholic parishes at Mtwapa and Likoni. (Kenya News)