Relevant article posted by Worley on Linkedin, "Why is water...

Relevant article posted by Worley on Linkedin, "Why is water supply so important for industry." Middle East, turning Brine waste streams into by products, surely Parkway tech involved! Time will tell. Are we on the cusp of some company making announcements?

The role of water desalination plants in water-stressed regions

In places where the supply of fresh water is limited – but industrial facilities are otherwise viable – water desalination can provide a stable, alternative source of usable water for industry.

Desalination is a technique to remove salt and other minerals from seawater, inland seas, brackish water from rivers or even wastewater. And while desalination plants are often built to provide drinkable water to populations in water-stressed regions, a growing share of global desalination capacity is being devoted to refineries, mines, power plants, and oil and gas facilities.

This makes desalination an option to deliver high-quality water to water-intensive facilities, if the desalination infrastructure is cost competitive with other possible sources of water, and plant owners demonstrate environmentally sensitive strategies to manage the brine by-product of the desalination process.

We’re currently doing this for a customer in the Middle East, to create a sustainable desalination project by turning the waste stream into a product line. We can then develop a circular economy from the brine waste, which minimizes environmental impacts by preventing brine from being discharged into the sea.

While desalination of seawater or brackish water can be a key source of industrial water, another source could come from their own facilities.