Private Companies Will Build 3 Desalination Units in Bushehr

Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian on Sunday broke ground for three desalination units in Bushehr Province off the Persian Gulf as part of plans to provide the southern province with potable water.
"The projects with annual desalination capacity of 20 million cubic meters will be undertaken by private companies in the form of BOO (build–own–operate) contracts," Ardakanian was quoted as saying by Paven, the Energy Ministry news portal.
Giving a breakdown on the undertaking, he said the Dalaki-Vahdatiyeh desalination unit in Dashtestan county would become operational by next March and cost $2 million. With a capacity of 6,500 cubic meters per day, it will provide 35,000 people with potable water in the dry region.