The report stated that the market potential for waste can increase anywhere by 1.5-2 times in the next five years. (Image Source: Prvideotv/Pixabay)
A recent study by Frost & Sullivan shows that the rise in waste is likely to cause disruption to the existing waste management system in the GCC and open new opportunities in the sector
Utico currently has four plants in the northern emirate of Ras Al Khaimah with a capacity of 31 mgpd of desalinated water. (Image Source: Dima/Flickr)
Utico Middle East, the UAE?s privately owned utility, has announced a US$185mn investment to double its water desalination capacity in two years
According to Doosan, Iranian reverse osmosis desalination market is expected to reach US$2bn by 2018. (Image source: Jon Wiley/Flickr)
South Korea?s Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Company has been awarded a US$185mn contract to build a seawater reverse osmosis desalination (SWRO) plant in Iran
The project will begin early next year and is expected to be completed before the end of 2019. (Image source: RO plant/Flickr)
Egypt has signed a loan agreement with Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) worth US$98.6mn for building five seawater desalination plants in Sinai
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, DEWA MD, visited the water desalination unit at Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. (Image source: DEWA)
Work on the water desalination unit at Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, in Dubai, is 35 per cent complete, according to Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)
