Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) plans to nearly double desalinated water production to almost 6 million cubic meters per day by the end of 2015, its governor said. SWCC now produces 3.3 million cubic meters per day of desalinated water, supplying more than half of Saudi Arabia's needs, Abdulrahman Mohammed Al-Ibrahim said. Water and Electricity Minister Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al-Hossein said recently that demand for water was rising by more than 7 percent a year. Demand for desalinated water, rising by around 14.5 percent, is seen reaching 5.7 million cubic meters per day by 2014, Al-Ibrahim said in a speech at an industry event, according to a report of Reuters. --MORE
