China’s Shanghai Electric to build water desalination plant in Iraq

A Chinese company has been awarded a contract to build a sea water desalination plant in Iraq to tackle a potable water shortage in the area.The desalination and hydro-electric facility complex will be constructed by Shanghai Electric Company in the Southern Basra city under an agreement with the Baghdad government, according to Basra Governor’s office.

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China’s Shanghai Electric to build water desalination plant in Iraq2024-01-10T01:48:44+01:00

China’s Shanghai Electric to build water desalination plant in Iraq

A Chinese company has been awarded a contract to build a sea water desalination plant in Iraq to tackle a potable water shortage in the area.The desalination and hydro-electric facility complex will be constructed by Shanghai Electric Company in the Southern Basra city under an agreement with the Baghdad government, according to Basra Governor’s office.

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China’s Shanghai Electric to build water desalination plant in Iraq2023-12-25T02:20:07+01:00

Germany funds Desalination Project in Muthanna – Iraq

Iraq’s Minister of Construction has signed a grant agreement to finance the Al-Khader and Al-Daraji water desalination project in Al-Muthanna Governorate

Mr. Benkin Rikani signed the agreement with the Director of the German Development Bank KFW, Dr. Anna-Christine Janke, and the grant will be provided by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

The project has a design capacity of 1500 m3 (per day)

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Germany funds Desalination Project in Muthanna – Iraq2022-12-29T22:37:44+01:00

Egypt to build desalination plant in Iraq

An Egyptian delegation of water treatment experts visited Iraq this month for talks with Iraqi officials on addressing an acute water crisis in the Arab country.

The Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources said June 20 that the Egyptian delegation discussed a proposal for building a water desalination plant on the Euphrates River.

The station will be used to purify and desalinate seawater to help ease water shortages in southern Iraq.

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Egypt to build desalination plant in Iraq2022-12-11T23:28:41+01:00

Mheila Reverse Osmosis WTP completed in Iraq’s Basra region – Iraq

A new large-scale reverse osmosis (WTP) has been completed on the banks of Basra’s Shatt al-Arab river, marking an important milestone in resolving the decades-long lack of safe, clean drinking water in Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, it has been announced.

According to a statement by Khatib & Alami, who completed the design review, the Mheila Reverse Osmosis Plant has a capacity of 72,000m3/day.

The plant is the first of its kind in the region because it’s reverse osmosis system enables flexible operation under different scenarios of salinity, varying from […]

Mheila Reverse Osmosis WTP completed in Iraq’s Basra region – Iraq2021-11-08T13:30:23+01:00

Cabinet Approves $25m Desalination Project – Iraq

The Cabinet held its regular weekly meeting in Baghdad on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Adil Abd Al-Mahdi.

It authorised the Ministries of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research, other ministries, public bodies and local councils to recruit holders of post- graduate degrees, and to exempt this round of recruitment from applicable clauses in the 2019 Federal Budget.

The exemption is for this year only.

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Cabinet Approves $25m Desalination Project – Iraq2019-10-27T17:34:28+01:00

Hyunday E&C wins US$2.45bn desalination project in Iraq – Iraq

The South Korean builder has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the state-run Basra Oil Company for a 49-month project to build a seawater supply plant in the southern state of Basra.

Once completed, the facility will be capable of supplying five million barrels of fresh water per day, contributing to increasing crude oil yields and financial expansion in the Middle East country, according to officials.

The negotiations were steered by vice-chairman Chung Jin-haeng, who accompanied a government envoy’s visit in […]

Hyunday E&C wins US$2.45bn desalination project in Iraq – Iraq2019-05-27T12:54:14+02:00

Kuwait calls for updating water desalination tech in GCC states – Kuwait

A senior Kuwaiti official called on Tuesday for updating water desalination technology in the GCC countries amid ongoing dependence on the water to secure this vital living resource.

GCC states continue to count on desalinating the sea waters and this warrants continuous action for upgrading and nationalizing the desalination technology, in tandem with dedicating attention to scientific research for enhancing the production, trimming the costs and averting adverse impact on the environment, said Minister of Education Dr Hamed Al-Azmi.

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Kuwait calls for updating water desalination tech in GCC states – Kuwait2019-03-13T14:35:54+01:00
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