Saudi Arabia will participate in a high-profile international conference on desalination and water reuse to be hosted by Singapore on September 11. Water and Electricity Minister Abdullah Al-Hussayen, will lead the Saudi delegation to this six-day world congress in which more than 40 countries will participate and a huge panel of world-renowned desalination and water experts will present 100 scientific and technical papers. Singaporean Minister of Water and Environment Dr. Yaacob Ibrahim, who is also in-charge of Muslim affairs in Singapore, announced the details of the conference yesterday, according to a press statement published today. Dr. Yaacob said this biennial international congress was being organized by the International Desalination Association (IDA), a nonprofit body dedicated to the development and promotion of desalination technology, water pollution control and water treatment. The IDA objectives also include dissemination of information.
