Saudi Arabia hopes to cover 70 per cent of the urban area by 2019. (Image source: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development/Flickr)
Saudi Arabias Ministry of Water and Electricity has signed 20 water and sewerage projects worth US$164mn
Belhasa Six Construct will build the Dubai canal, footbridges and marine transit stations. (Image source: Peter Dowley/Flickr)
Construction company Belhasa Six Construct has been awarded a US$218mn contract by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to construct Phase 3 of the Dubai Water Canal project
RO elements are used for demineralising brackish water or desalinating seawater for a variety of sectors and industrial applications, including water treatment, power generation, food and beverage processing, municipal desalination and water reuse. (Image source: James Grellier/Wikimedia Commons)
Dow Chemical has awarded US engineering firm Fluor Corporation an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its Reverse Osmosis (RO) manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia
Once completed the new plant will produce more than 1mcm of drinking water a day. (Image source: Rain Rannu)
Production of purified water has begun in what will become the world?s biggest seawater desalination facility, based in Saudi Arabia, according to state-owned Saudi Press Agency
Current desalination techniques are energy intensive, and this global challenge encourages innovators to find solutions through cleaner and cheaper energy solutions. (Image source: Melody Ayres-Griffiths/Flickr)
GE ecomagination and Aramco Entrepreneurship have launched global technology challenge worth US$200,000 to encourage new solutions to improve the energy efficiency of seawater desalination
