Re: President Musharraf inaugurates DHA Desalination Plant - Geo News
The news seems to befool the people. From where 94 Mega watts electricity be obtained? What type of desalination plant will be this? Whether it will be Reverse Osmosis (RO) or Distillation plant? More over this project will need lots of electrical/thermal energy to run. It has not been mentioned from where it will be comming from? Looks like a political stunt nothing else!
Here is the google search, I can not provide the link as program does not allow me to do so.
*Desalination Plants Worldwide *
Of the more than 7,500 desalination plants in operation worldwide, 60% are located in the Middle East. The world's largest plant in Saudi Arabia produces 128 MGD of desalted water. In contrast, 12% of the world's capacity is produced in the Americas, with most of the plants located in the Caribbean and Florida. To date, only a limited number of desalination plants have been built along the California coast, primarily because the cost of desalination is generally higher than the costs of other water supply alternatives available in California (e.g., water transfers and groundwater pumping). However, as drought conditions occur and concern over water availability increases, desalination projects are being proposed at numerous locations in the state.