최근 중동에서의 첫 주요 지자체 물 계약이 종료되면서 싱가포르의 수처리 기업 하이플럭스가 중동 지역에서의 담수화 수요가 가속화될 것이라고 예측했다.

하이플럭스는 이 지역에서의 수처리 성장을 방해해 온 강렬한 잠재적인 불확실성이 수요에 힘입어 사라질 것으로 기대된다고 밝혔다.

니케이 아시아 리뷰에 따르면 하이플럭스 CEO Olivia Lum은 “중동과 아프리카에서의 억눌린 수요는 물 인프라 프로젝트의 부활을 이끌었다”고 말했다.

 

 

 

Following its recent landing of its first major Middle Eastern municipal water contract in five years,  Singapore water treatment firm Hyflux said it anticipated demand in the region to accelerate.

 

Hyflux has indicated that it expected the intense political uncertainty that has stymied water treatment growth in the region to succumb to the power of demand. "Pent-up demand in the Middle East and Africa is driving the revival of water infrastructure projects," said Hyflux's executive chairman and group chief executive, Olivia Lum, according to the Nikkei Asian Review.

 

Lum highlighted an increase in the number of projects coming up for tender in the second half of 2014, and said Hyflux was eager to bid for new opportunities.

 

Hyflux in December 2014 secured the rights to develop and operate a seawater desalination plant in Qurayyat, near Oman's capital, Muscat in a US$ 250 million deal. Hyflux will design, build and run a 200 Ml/d reverse-osmosis seawater desalination facility for public supply through the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company for 20 years. It is scheduled to start up in May 2017.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2014년 12월 30일]