Seawater desalination plant inaugurated in Sousse, with capacity to double

Tunisia's national water utility SONEDE and Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries Minister Ezzeddine Ben Cheikh inaugurated a seawater desalination plant at Sidi Abdelhamid, near Sousse, on Friday. The plant produces 50,000 cubic metres of drinking water a day, built with Tunisian expertise and state funding at a cost of about 130.5 million dinars, and can be expanded to 100,000 cubic metres. SONEDE chief executive Abdelhamid Mnaja said it could cover up to 90 percent of the Sahel region's water deficit during summer peaks.

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