Work Begins on 2 Desalination Plants in Southern Qeshm Island

Construction of two desalination plants in Qeshm Island, Hormozgan Province, has started to improve water supply to rural areas, managing director of the Hormozgan Water and Wastewater Company said.
“Parts of Qeshm in the Persian Gulf, especially the west of the island, are facing serious water shortages,” Amin Qasmi said, and added that the project to desalinate and provide 31,000 plus rural population in 18 villages safe water will help alleviate water stress in the region, the Energy Ministry news portal Paven reported him as saying.
The desalination units are to come on line by the end of the year and will each have a capacity of 3,000 cubic meters a day, he added.