China desalinates over 1 mn tn of seawater daily: report

The daily output of China's 121 seawater desalination projects reached more than one million tonne by the end of 2015, an official report said today.
The report on seawater utilisation in 2015 issued by the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said China's daily output represented less than 1.25 per cent of the world's daily production volume, which totalled 86.55 million tonnes as of the end of 2015.
Of China's desalinated water, 67.14 per cent has been used for industrial purposes, and the rest for residential use, the report said.
Lei Bo, an SOA official, said China is trying to expand financial sources for seawater desalination projects and aims to use desalinated seawater on a large scale by 2020.