Aqaba desalination plant starts operation

AMMAN — Director General of Arabian Environment Technology (AET) Ahmed Al-Smadi said a private sector company started operating a desalination plant in the city of Aqaba; it desalinates  450 cubic meters per day, according to Ammon News.اضافة اعلان

Smadi said that the plant reduce water salinity to less than 500 parts per million, down from 50,000 parts per million.

He added that this project, the first of its kind, will help meet Jordanians’ water needs.

The process of desalination, he said, is based on reverse osmosis, which uses pressure to push water through special membranes.


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