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Article: Green measures make desalting plant less damaging to ecology.
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- Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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Byline: Emmanuelle LandaisStaff Reporter
Dubai The desalination process is "greatly misunderstood" in terms of its environmental impact as many measures are taken to minimise ecological damage, said an official of Palm Jumeirah's desalination plant.
Palm Utilities on Palm Jumeirah produces enough fresh water to fill 22 Olympic-size swimming pools every day in one of its two seawater reverse osmosis desalination plants. Both plants produce around the same amount of salty concentrate, or brine, to Dubai's coastal waters said Dr Emad Haffar, managing director of Palm Water, the subsidiary of Palm Utilities.
The daily production capacity of the ...