VOL. XLIV

No 40

1 October 2001

SAUDI ARABIA

Kingdom痴 First CommercialDesalination Project Ready For November Inauguration

Saudi Arabia痴 firstcommercially-operated water desalination project is on course to be inauguratedat the beginning of November, according to a report published in the daily al-Riyadhon 19 September. The plant, costing SR 54mn ($14.4mn) and situated in the Abhararea of Jiddah, will produce 5,000 cu ms/day of clean water. The project, operatedby Ikhwan Trading Company, differs...