Date : 12/07/2012
ALGIERS, July 12 (KUNA) -- The first session of Kuwaiti-Algerian Committee
for sea-water desalination kicked off here on Thursday, with aim of studying
desalination projects, besides establishing cooperation between the two
countries in this strategic field.
The head of projects' of and water distillation units at the Kuwaiti
Ministry of Electricity and Water, Mohammad Rashid Al-Bahho, told KUNA that
the meeting was attended by experts from both countries, with the presence of
Kuwaiti Ambassador to Algeria Faisal Saud Al-Deweesh.
They discussed means of exchanging expertise between the two nations in
this field, while the Kuwaiti delegation reviewed the history of the the
Kuwaiti experience in sea water desalination, considered the oldest in the
region.
The two sides talked over various desalination techniques, as well as means
of executing projects between the two nations.
The Algerians explained their experience in the field, which mainly relies
on reverse osmosis.
The Committee work program also included field trips to water desalination
plants, and water dams in Algeria, besides holding meetings with local
officials in order to learn how those plants operate.
This meeting is held upon a memorandum of understating signed between the
two sides during the sixth session of the joint Kuwaiti-Algerian Ministerial
Committee.
Reverse osmosis (RO) is a membrane-technology filtration method that
removes many types of large molecules and ions from solutions by applying
pressure to the solution when it is on one side of a selective membrane. (end)
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