VOL. XLVI

No 12

24-March-2003

ALGERIA

AEC Opens Technical Bids For Hamma Desalination Project

The Algerian Energy Company (AEC) opened technical bids for a planned desalination plant at Hamma, near Algiers on 17 March (MEES, 29 April 2002). The plant, which will produce 200,000 cu ms of water per day using the inverse osmosis process, will sell its entire output to the state water company Algerienne des Eaux. Of the 15 companies who requested information, five bids were received from US-based...