Desalination Plant Starts Operation in Iran's Bandar Abbas

The first phase of a new desalination plant in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, was launched Tuesday.
With a total capacity of 100,000 cubic meters of water per day, the unit will supply a part of the southern port city population with potable water from the Persian Gulf, Mehr News Agency reported.
“A private sector project, the first phase was completed at a cost of $22 million. Using reverse osmosis technology, the plant purifies 20,000 cubic meters of water a day,” Amin Qasmi, managing director of Hormozgan Water and Wastewater Company said.