18 Dec 2013 - 10:20 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
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ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan
The government of Turkmenistan announced on December 13 that it will build a new desalination plant on the shores of the Caspian Sea. The planned facility will provide 50,000 cubic meters of freshwater a day to the parched desert region in the west of the country.