EghtesadOnline: A water desalination plant, with a capacity of treating 10,000 cubic meters of saltwater daily, has been launched in Bandar Torkaman in the west of Golestan Province. “The private sector invested over 300 billion rials [$6.8 million] in the plan, which will alleviate the shortage of potable water in the cities of Bandar Torkaman and Gomishan,” Energy Minister Reza Ardekanian was quoted as saying by ILNA on Thursday.