Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) is a government corporation that operates

desalination Desalination is a process that takes away mineral components from saline water. More generally, desalination refers to the removal of salts and minerals from a target substance, as in Soil salinity control, soil desalination, which is an issue f ...

plants and

power station A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid. Many p ...

s in Saudi Arabia. It is the second largest electrical provider in the country. It is the largest desalinating

sea water Seawater, or salt water, is water from a sea or ocean. On average, seawater in the world's oceans has a salinity of about 3.5% (35 g/L, 35 ppt, 600 mM). This means that every kilogram (roughly one liter by volume) of seawater has approx ...

corporation in the world, responsible for 20% of worldwide desalinated water production. SWCC has 30 plants, 14 transmission systems, and of pipelines. SWCC workforce is 10,000+ employees and its assets value is 20+ B $.

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