Bushehr Pressing Ahead With Desalination Plans

Desalination projects worth $160 million are underway across the southern Bushehr Province with a total capacity of 160,000 cubic meters per day, of which 40% will soon go on stream, the head of the company said.
“The completion of these projects is expected to increase the dry regions’ desalinated water supply by 35%,” Abolhassan Aali was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
Currently, 10% of the drinking water required in Bushehr Province are supplied with the help of desalination plants, which figure is predicted to reach 45% in 2023, he added.
Giving a breakdown, Aali noted that four plants, namely Bushehr, Borazjan, Vahdatiyeh and Siraf, with a total capacity of 60,000 cubic meters per day will become operational in summer and the rest are slated to go on stream gradually by 2023.