VOL. XL

No. 29

21-July-1997

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia Starts Construction Of Shuaiba 2 Desalination Plant

The Saudi Crown Prince and First Deputy Prime Minister, Prince Abd Allah ibn Abdal-Aziz, on 15 July laid the cornerstone of a desalination plant at Shuaiba (Phase 2),some 110 kms. south of Jiddah. The plant will supply the cities of Jiddah, Taif and Meccawith some 100mn gallons/day of sweet water and will generate 500 megawatts of electricpower. The cost of the plant is estimated at SR1.2bn...