A delegation from the Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, headed by the Director General of Geographic Information Systems Omar Al-Ain, and a number of officials in the ministry, visited the Shuaiba production system (fourth phase) to brief on the modern technologies used in the systems of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) and the innovative solutions used to realize leadership in the production of desalinated water in the world.
The visit also aimed to discuss ways of cooperation and benefiting from the Corporation’s expertise to improve water resources by reducing energy consumption and increasing operational efficiency by using environmentally friendly technologies.
The delegation also watched a visual presentation of the latest technologies used in desalination, including the magnesium production unit, and was briefed on nanotechnology for magnesium production, using zero salt return technology, which was developed by the Water Technologies Innovation Institute and Research Advancement (WTIIRA), making it the first commercial system in the world to adopt this.—SPA