Launch of the Sea Water Desalination Project in Aden with a Capacity of 10,000 Cubic Meters Per Day
Yemen Monitor/Newsroom:
The Ministry of Water and Environment in the Yemeni government announced the start of the implementation process of the sea water desalination project in the temporary capital, Aden, with a capacity of 10,000 cubic meters per day.
This came after the Saudi Program for Development and Reconstruction of Yemen signed the project agreement with Emaar Saudi Company for Development and improvement “the implementing party”.
The Yemeni Minister of Water, Tawfiq Al-Sharjabi, confirmed the arrival of the Saudi Program engineers to Aden to begin handing over the site for the implementation of the project, which is the first phase within the framework of the government’s implementation of a coordinated road map to localize sea water desalination, based on technical, financial and institutional foundations.
According to a gradual approach that begins with providing water to the industrial sector, then expands to include residential and public needs, leading to the achievement of a production capacity of 170,000 cubic meters per day during the coming years.
In his speech during the opening of the symposium “Water Desalination in Aden and Coastal Areas to Confront the Drinking Water Crisis”, which was organized by the Netherlands Embassy in Yemen, via video connection, the Minister of Water valued the support provided by Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Yemen in the water and environment sectors.
The Yemeni minister stressed the importance of supporting all international partners and donor institutions to the efforts of the Yemeni government in developing the water desalination sector, through providing funding, transferring technology, and building capacities, to ensure the success of these projects that will contribute clearly and directly to alleviating the suffering of the Yemeni people and will address the needs of citizens through the implementation of projects that provide urgent and sustainable solutions.
For his part, the Saudi Ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed Al Jaber, renewed the Kingdom’s keenness to support the government’s efforts to mitigate the severity of humanitarian crises, stressing the continued work of the Saudi Program for Development and Reconstruction of Yemen with the Ministry of Water and Environment to enhance water security and environmental governance in accordance with a joint and integrated vision based on sustainability and operational efficiency.
For her part, the Dutch Ambassador, Janet Sabin, affirmed her country’s continued support for the water and environment sectors in Yemen, noting that capacity building, water sector governance and water desalination are at the top of the priorities of the Dutch support programs, especially in Aden Governorate, which represents a model for the water challenges facing Yemen.
