On behalf of The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, Eng. Salih Al-Husayen, Minister of Water and Electricity and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) opened here today the works of a conference on "Water Desalination in Arab countries." The conference is organized by the Ministry of Water and Electricity and SWCC under the title of "Saline water conversion with economic means". The Four-day conference aims at discussing every updated technical options of water desalination in the Arab countries, activating the exchange of experiences gained in regional and global organizations in the light of operational, economic and environmental aspects of water desalination, said Ahmed Mudaiheem, Chairman of the Conference's Scientific Committee. More than 30 companies and governmental bodies from Saudi Arabia and abroad, he added. --MORE
