FLOATING DESALINATION PLANT IN JEDDAH

Jeddah’s water shortage problem would be solved temporarily with the arrival of a floating desalination plant at its shores. Abdullah Ahmed Bajunaid, CEO of Bawarij International, said the plant would have a capacity to supply 50,000 cubic meters of water daily. The plant has already arrived in the Red Sea and is on its way to Jeddah. Bajunaid said a second floating desalination plant would arrive at Jeddah shores shortly. The two ships, said to be the largest floating desalination plants, were built in a record time of seven months. In a previous statement, Water and Electricity Minister Abdullah Al-Hussayen disclosed his ministry’s plan to establish floating plants to solve Jeddah’s water problem. The project will ensure adequate supply for neighbourhoods in eastern Jeddah and the area extending between Al-Rihaily and Asfan in the north, and Old Makkah Road in the south. Al-Hussayen said Jeddah’s water problem would be solved with the supply of 1.3 million cubic metres of water from a new desalt plant in Shuaiba, which will be completed by the end of this year.