Muscat – Oman Water and Wastewater Services Company (Nama) launched a RO23.6mn water sustainability system in Musandam on Wednesday.

The event was held under the patronage of Sayyid Ibrahim bin Saeed al Busaidi, Governor of Musandam, in the presence of several dignitaries and residents of the governorate, at Khasab Hotel.

The project includes supplying water to 70 costal villages via four floating desalination units at a cost of RO 6.6mn, and a 10,000m3 per day desalination plant in Khasab and several desalination units in Musandam governorate at a cost over RO17mn.

With the new infrastructure, production capacity of desalination units in the governorate has now reached over 18,000m3 per day.

Nama informed that it has expanded its water desalination capacity in the wilayat of Bukha from 1,900m3 per day to 2,900m3 per day, and in Dibba from 2,850m3 per day to 3,850m3 per day. ‘A well water desalination plant has been established in Madha of production capacity 2,000m3 per day.’

The project also includes several storage tanks, according to the latest international specifications, to meet water demand for a period of no less than 48 hours.