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...
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