1.   At the moment he is doing mathematical modelling with the aim of building an experimental model of a solar-powered desalination plant.

2.   Environmentalists claim the highly saline water discharged from desalination plants could harm Marine life.

3.   Other Gulf states have fitted booms across the inlets of desalination plants, and suction equipment will clean up slicks.

4.   Solar desalination plants, though requiring a great emphasis on cash rather than labour, seem the best long-term bet here.

5.   The next day reports indicated that all oil installation, ports and water desalination plants had been mined by the Iraqi forces.

6.   The slick also endangered desalination plants on the coasts of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar.

7.   It reopened several days later, however, and no further desalination plants came under direct threat during February.

8.   Its most immediate threat to human health is via the desalination plants, which provide Arab Gulf cities with much of their water.