Prince Khalid al-Faisal, the Governor of Makkah region, will patronize on November 2, 2008, the international fourth Saudi forum on water and energy, due to be organized here by the ministry water electricity and the saline water conversion corporation (SWCC). More than 3000 experts are scheduled to participate in this 4-day conference. In a statement to SPA, minister of water and electivity Eng. Abdullah al-Hussein underscored the importance of the forum, and said the organization of the forum embodies the great attention being given by the Kingdom to the sectors of water and energy. He urged the concerned parties at the private and public sectors to participate in the forum. The forum will discuss a number of topics including the requirements of energy and water in the modern economic cities in the Kingdom. Experts in the field of energy and water believe that the Kingdom will be in need of investing more than $200 billion in water desalination and power generation for meeting the requirements of the increasing population and the giant projects due to be implemented in the country.
