MoECC intensifies efforts to utilise wastewater – The Peninsula

MoECC intensifies efforts to utilise wastewater – The Peninsula

To protect the marine life, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) has intensified efforts to bring about solutions for treatment and management of rejected brine and salts from desalination plants.

A group of experts in a seminar, which was attended by Minister of Environment and Climate Change H E Sheikh Dr. Faleh bin Nasser bin Ahmed bin Ali Al Thani, discussed a research work on how to treat the wastewater of desalination plants operating in the Arabian Gulf region which causes great damage to the marine environment.

They also suggested how to utilise the wastewater, which has potential to produce hydrogen as a clean source of energy as well as the extraction of two types of salts – for edible and industrial purpose. The seminar entitled ‘Treatment and Management of Rejected – Brine and Salts from Desalination Plants’ was organised by MoECC.

Speaking to the media persons on the sidelines of the event, Minister of Environment and Climate Change H E Sheikh Dr. Faleh bin Nasser bin Ahmed bin Ali Al Thani stressed on the importance of such projects and scientific research for all GCC countries.

He said that rejected brine and salts from desalination plants posed a major challenge to the