China: China's daily seawater desalination capacity exceeds 3 million tons.

Storyline China's daily seawater desalination capacity exceeds 3 million tons China's seawater desalination capacity has surpassed 3 million tons per day, equal to the daily water use of 15 million people, data from the Ministry of Natural Resources shows. Part of that total includes capacity from a water source project in northern China's Hebei. Now 60 percent complete, when finished, the first phase of the project will combine photovoltaic power, energy storage and desalination to produce 50,000 tons of fresh water daily. Hu Xiaojie, Deputy general manager, Hebei Botou New Water Source Seawater Treatment Company: "The project aims to solve the problem of water scarcity in Cangzhou, which is located by the sea. At the same time, we will realize the resource utilization of concentrated brine, which will effectively optimize the allocation of water resources in the region." Another seawater desalination project - this one in the Nangang Industrial Zone in Tianjin Municipality- uses domestically produced machinery to desalinate 150,000 tons of water per day. Seawater desalination facilities are also widely used in Shandong, Zhejiang, and Hainan provinces, with more than 30 remote islands in these provinces having achieved full water supply coverage from desalination. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]