UAE is world’s second largest desalination producer

Published on December 28, 2012 11:50 by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology

The UAE pumped nearly 1.7 billion cubic metres (bcm) of desalinated water in 2011 to become the second largest desalination producer in the world after Saudi Arabia, a local official was reported on Monday as saying.

The level produced last year was the highest to be pumped by the UAE as more sea desalination plants have been set up and existing units have been expanded to face a steady growth in domestic demand, said Mohammed Abdul Hamid Dawood, an adviser at the Abu Dhabi Environment Authority.

"The UAE is the world's second largest producer of desalinated water after Saudi Arabia, which pumps nearly 2.02 bcm per year," he told the semi official daily Alittihad, adding that the UAE's output last year was nearly triple the level in 2000.

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