EDS Desalination Management and Economics

The course will illustrate the main aspects of desalination economics including a description of
the market environment and prices, project delivery mechanisms (private – turnkey multi-contracts etc.)
and budgeting a desalination project. The economic session will be related to both thermal and RO processes.

articipants should be end users, turnkey contractors, developers who wish to gain a more detailed
understanding of thermal desalination and the associated interface with a power plant.

ourse objectives are to provide a theoretical basis and practical information on desalination technology
with emphasis on thermal processes and to become familiar with the basic aspects of the design of a desalination project using thermal technology and with operating conditions of desalination systems.