EghtesadOnline: In the past six years, 39 desalination units with a capacity of approximately 174,000 cubic meters per day (63.7 million cubic meters a year), are operating mostly in the southern coasts.

EghtesadOnline: Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian on Sunday broke ground for three desalination units in Bushehr Province off the Persian Gulf as part of plans to provide the southern province with potable water.