Red Sea workshop sets study and rehabilitation priorities for desalination
A Port Sudan workshop discussed water-supply gaps, operating efficiency and rehabilitation of idle desalination plants; recommendations require studies and technical approval.
A workshop at Salaam Hall in Port Sudan examined how desalination plants could contribute to water security in Sudan’s Red Sea State. SUNA reported two papers on the role of desalination, operational-efficiency constraints, the gap between water supply and production, and investment and partnership arrangements under the state’s 2021 law.
Recommendations included rehabilitating idle plants, considering more seawater desalination and requiring studies and technical approvals before implementation. The report gave no facilities, added capacity, costs or funded construction schedule, so these are proposals from the workshop rather than completed work or an approved investment programme.
A Dakhla project with reported estimated investment of EGP 780 million includes a 10,000-feddan plantation, a separate 740-feddan development site and a planned 6.5km water line.
The two governments plan a joint committee meeting in the first quarter of 2027, with renewable energy, industry and electronics among the priority sectors.
The plant-protection authority reported aerial spraying across several Gezira areas, with Rahad next and an additional aircraft planned for western Gezira.
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