SAUDI ARABIA
 
Saudi Arabia Tackles Water Demand Jump
 
Saudi Arabia is massively boosting its water desalination capacity to meet the needs of a growing population and an expanding industrial base. The increased demand has already caused water shortages in Jiddah and Riyadh. Three plants at Yanbu’, Ras al-Khair and Jubail will add 1.7mn cmd – state-owned Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), which produces most of the country’s desalinated water,...