1. Kuwait relies on water desalination as a primary source of fresh water for drinking and domestic purposes.

2. There are promising applications in the areas of agriculture, food production and preservation, medicine and water desalination.

3. Although similarities to seawater or brackish water desalination exist, industrial brine treatment may contain unique combinations of dissolved ions, such as hardness ions or other metals, necessitating specific processes and equipment.

4. Concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) technologies can be used to generate electricity by converting energy from sunlight to power a turbine, but the same basic technologies can also be used to deliver heat to a variety of industrial applications, like water desalination, enhanced oil recovery, food processing, chemical production, and mineral processing.

5. Due primarily to the acquisition of equipment for $27.1 million, inclusive of 680 hardwall prefabricated buildings, 254 ablution units, 7 kitchen units, 19 refrigerated containers, 67 generators, 12 basic water treatment plants, 4 water desalination units, 70 water storage 10-litre tanks, 14 containerized wastewater treatment plants, 28 septic system modules, 28 lift station modules, 559 air condition units; and construction services for $9.1 million for accommodation of the heavy support package troops.