Governing business in the seawater desalination sector through terotechnology.

The business sector of seawater desalination is composed of three major sectors in the MENA Region and worldwide: public sector, private sector and public–private partnership (PPP). Regardless of the desalination process wither it is based on thermal principles or reverses osmosis principles, the terotechnology had approved itself as a key tool in controlling the whole life-cycle of the process from asset management point of view. The terotechnology which is composed of seven major phases including specification, engineering, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance and finally the asset obsoleteness or replacement, can be used as tools to govern the desalination business in all its three forms. The objective of this paper is to illustrate how to implement this in practice; how to govern the desalination business through terotechnology, and will be supported with real cases from the public sector, private sector and the PPP sector from independent water and power producers cases wither it is build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT or BOO). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]