Desalination Plant and Brine Discharge, Different Arrangements for the Arabian Gulf
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Summary, in English
In this study, three groups were assigned namely A, B and C to ease this paper discussions and study different possibilities between groups to minimize or reduce the brine impacts. Group A is the coastline towards Red Sea for Saudi Arabia only about 1600 km from southwest and it counts about 59% of Saudi desalination capacity. Group B is approximately 600 km long including Saudi Arabia (about 41%), Kuwait, Bahrain, smaller side of Qatar. Group C is also about 600 km long and counts the summation of United Arab Emirates desalination capacities and the largest part of Qatar desalination.
As a result, group A has brine capacity about 6.9 million m3/day in 2008 and about 23 million m3/day in the year 2050. Currently group B has a brine capacity of about 9.8 million m3/day and in year 2050 it will have increased to approximately 31 million m3/day. Group C currently has a brine capacity of almost 10 million m3/day and in year 2050 it will have increase to approximately 26 million m3/day. Today group B and C are almost equal as regards to the amount of brine discharge but the group B will in the future have 5 million m3/day higher brine discharge than group C. Finally, comparison between group B and C and strategies for choosing more brine discharge to group C and less for group B. Also cooperation is need between the Gulf countries to minimize damages of the Gulf coastline and water.
Department/s
Publishing year
2011
Language
English
Publication/Series
IDA-International Desalination Association
Document type
Conference paper
Publisher
IDA-International Desalination Association
Topic
- Other Social Sciences
- Water Engineering
Keywords
- Desalination
- Brine discharge
- Gulf
- Water and salt mass balances
Conference name
International Desalination Association (IDA) World Congress, 2011
Conference date
2011-09-04 - 2011-09-09
Conference place
Perth, Australia
Status
Published