사우디아라비아의 물담수화기관(General Establishment for Water Desalination, GEWD)이 Makkah지역과 동부 마을에서 하루 최대 생산용량 250만 규모의 새 프로젝트들을 향후 4년간 실행한다.

수전력장관 Abdullah Al-Hussayen은 최근 기자회견에서 Makkah지역에서 진행되는 첫 번째 프로젝트는 하루 40만㎥의 생산용량을 가지는 두 개의 플랜트 구축을 포함하고 있으며, Rabigh지역에서 운영될 두 번째 프로젝트는 60만㎥의 생산용량을 확보해 Makkah, Taif, Jeddah지역에서의 물 수요를 충족할 수 있을 것이라고 밝혔다.

 

 

 

Saudi Arabia's General Establishment for Water Desalination (GEWD) is, over the next four years, implementing new projects with a total production capacity of up to 2.5 million m³/d in the Makkah region and the eastern province.

 

Water and electricity minister, Abdullah Al-Hussayen, told a recent press conference that the first project in the Makkah region includes the establishment of two plants with the first - in Jeddah - with a production capacity of 400,000㎥/d, and the second in Rabigh with a production capacity of 600,000㎥/d to meet the needs of Makkah, Taif and Jeddah.

 

GEWD governor, Abdul Rahman Al-Ibrahim said the establishment was currently working on presenting the project to the contractor, while the other approved project in Jubail will cover the eastern province and Riyadh water needs with a capacity of 1.5 million㎥/d.

He said that the projects will meet all water needs in the designated areas and were expected to be launched at the end of 2016 and completed by mid-2020.

 

He said the ministry is implementing water and sewage projects worth more than SR 60 billion (US$ 16 billion) but, due to the large expansion of some cities and regions, some citizens and residents may not feel the results of such projects yet.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 6월 2일]