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Oman activates first floating desalination plant 

The mobile desalination plants are meant to service 70 seaport villages and are the first of their kind in the Arab world.

A view of a desalination plant in the Omani port city of Sur, south of the capital Muscat, on Nov. 27, 2019.
A view of a desalination plant in the Omani port city of Sur, south of the capital Muscat, on Nov. 27, 2019. — SULTAN AL-HASANI/AFP via Getty Images

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