Energy Ministry Prioritizes Plans to Boost Desalination

The Energy Ministry has launched several plans to increase Iran’s desalination capacity by at least 400,000 cubic meters per day in two years with the help of the private sector, the deputy for supervision and planning at the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran said.
“Currently, 75 desalination units are operational in different regions of the country with a total capacity of 443,000 cubic meters per day,” Hashem Amini was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
“Twenty projects with a capacity of 194,000 cubic meters per day and an investment of $40 million are under construction,” he added.
Amini noted that executive operations of several other units will start soon so that over 200,000 cubic meters per day will be added to the desalination capacity.