The 210,000 m~3/day new desalination plant planned in Ghubra, Oman has started trial operations with the aim to be fully commissioned by early 2016. Mohammad al-Mahuruqi, chairman of the Public Authority for Electricity & Water (PAEW) told local press that the trials would produce 50,000 m~3/day of desalinated water. It was at the end of 2012 when the independent water project (IWP) was awarded to a consortium of Japan's Sumitomo Corporation, in conjunction with Malaysia's Malakoff Corporation Berhad and Spanish firm Cadagua SA. Under a build-own-operate (BOO) project, the constructed facilities will be operated and maintained over a 20-year period, with operation slated to commence in September 2014.
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