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Saudi Arabia is planning to build the world’s largest desalination plant in Rabigh, northwest of Jeddah, according to The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) which is developing the project.
Arab News reports that the multibillion riyal project will have a daily capacity of 600,000m³ per day and will employ the reverse osmosis system of desalination.
Muhammad Al-Thubaity, director general of SWCC in the Western Region, said: “Work on the project will start in the first quarter of 2014 and will be completed in 2018.”
Al-Thubaity added that the cost of the project has been covered in this year’s budget and that the new plant will supply water to cities and villages around Rabigh such as north Jeddah, Makkah and Taif. He also emphasised SWCC’s determination to supply adequate amount of water to all parts of the Kingdom.
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