With the Sultanate’s demand for water growing at 6% per annum, a proposal has been announced for building another major independent water project in Muscat governorate. Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP), the country’s sole procurer of new electricity generation and water desalination capacity, on Sunday floated a tender seeking bids from consultancy firms to provide financial and commercial advisory services for tendering to build additional water desalination capacity, in the range of 225k to 325k cubic meters per day (50-72mn imperial gallons per day), to serve residents of the Muscat-Barka area in 2021. (Times of Oman)