Qatar- Al Sada stresses on GCC water project

9/9/2015 10:52:06 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada (third right) with other GCC ministers and leaders at the GCC Water and Electricity Co-operation Committee meeting in Doha yesterday.

DOHA: Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada yesterday reasserted the importance of GCC countries going forward with their proposed “GCC Water Inter-connectivity Project”.

Addressing the 28th Ministerial meeting of GCC Water and Electricity Cooperation Committee here yesterday Dr Al Sada said the region is increasingly facing the depletion of its traditional water resources.

On the one hand the region’s ground water table is fast depleting while it’s water consumption has become one of the highest in the world. The region is facing a serious challenge. The situation will aggravate in future.

Dr Al Sada said the GCC electricity network has benefited the region in a big way. Water inter-connectivity will bring in similar benefits to the region.

Water inter-connectivity was on top of the agenda in yesterday’s meeting besides a series of other key topics Ahmad Al Jassar Minister of Public Works and Minister of Electricity and Water Kuwait said.

Talking to the media he called for boosting pan GCC cooperation in electricity and preservation of natural resources especially water.

The GCC has cut a long path and achieved breath-taking success in electricity inter-connectivity among its six countries. They are working hard to realize the same in water he told Kuna.

At the meeting the Kuwaiti minister presented a study on the surplus realised by electricity inter-connectivity which amounted to $415m in 2014.

Yesterday’s GCC ministerial meeting also gave the go-ahead to host the new website on GCC’s electricity and water data.

On the use of the renewable energy in the GCC the meeting discussed forming a committee for alternative and clean energy. The committee will be tasked with drawing up plans and programmes.

The head of the electricity and water department in the GCC Secretariat Mohammad Falah Al Sharika said that joint GCC rationalisation campaign launched yesterday was the first of its kind in the region. It aims at enhancing awareness among the GCC people on the great importance of rationalising water and electricity amid rising rate of consumption. Esssa bin Hilal Al Kuwari President Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) said the GCC water inter-connectivity project will ensure a sustainable water resource for the region.

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