Water production up 5.2 per cent

The Sultanate’s water production increased 5.2 per cent in the first two months of 2017 to reach 60.194 million cubic metres, compared with 57.206 cubic metres in February 2016. The Governorate of Muscat saw production decline by 0.7 per cent to 26.06 million cubic metres, compared with the end of February 2016 while Dhofar raised production by 17.4 per cent to 8.6 million cubic metres, compared to February 2016, which stood at 7.3 million cubic metres.