Desalination: Miracle or False Hope for the Water Scarce Gulf Countries? Although desalination will help reduce the stress that a growing population and inefficient wastewater systems are putting on natural resources, it … Tags: Desalination - Water Scarcity - May 28, 2024
Water Infrastructure in Palestine The Gaza Strip, with its 3,428-km-long water distribution network, faces an alarming and worsening situation, with only 1% of the population having … Tags: Desalination - Gaza - Wastewater - June 5, 2023
Water Management in Israel The law stipulates that all water sources in Israel are public property, controlled by the state, and are intended to meet the needs of its residents … Tags: Desalination - Finance - June 5, 2023
Water Infrastructure in Israel According to the Israel Water Authority, the integration of desalinated water in the national system improves the quality of fresh water and effluent … Tags: Desalination - Water Treatment Plants - June 5, 2023
Water Resources in Qatar There are no fresh surface water resources in Qatar, which makes rainfall and groundwater recharge the main freshwater resources. The country’s … Tags: Desalination - Groundwater - Wastewater - August 9, 2021
Water Infrastructure in Qatar Desalination is the main source of domestic water supply in Qatar, meeting about 50% of the total water demand. The first seawater desalination plant … Tags: Desalination - Sewage - Water Treatment Plants - August 9, 2021
Water Challenges in Qatar As outlined in the previous sections, Qatar faces several challenges to its limited and overexploited water resources. These are described in more … Tags: Desalination - Water Efficiency - Water Scarcity - August 9, 2021
Water Resources in KSA Surface runoff at dams is the main surface water resource in KSA. The recorded average rainfall in 2019 was 59 mm, and the surface runoff at dams was … Tags: Desalination - Groundwater - Wastewater - June 28, 2021
Water Infrastructure in KSA Between 1980 and 2011, 30 desalination plants were built along the coasts of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, producing the largest quantity of … Tags: Dams - Desalination - Water Treatment Plants - June 28, 2021
Water Resources in Kuwait Freshwater resources in Kuwait are very scarce due to low precipitation, a high rate of evaporation and the dry sandy nature of the topsoil. Kuwait … Tags: Desalination - Groundwater - Wastewater - December 24, 2020
Water Use in Kuwait Kuwait’s water consumption is among the highest in the world, with per capita consumption averaging 447 litres per day.[1] Figure 1 shows total … Tags: Agriculture - Desalination - December 24, 2020
Water Infrastructure in Kuwait The water distribution system in Kuwait comprises two networks: one for fresh water and the other for brackish water. Each system has its own … Tags: Desalination - Salinity - Water Treatment Plants - December 24, 2020
Water Challenges in Kuwait The main water challenges that Kuwait faces is rising water scarcity and the increasing financial, economic and environmental impacts associated with … Tags: Desalination - Policy - Water Efficiency - December 24, 2020
Water Resources in Libya Libya has no rivers, and its surface run-off is limited to short floods following extreme rainstorms in the winter. This puts the total contribution … Tags: Dams - Desalination - Groundwater - Water Treatment Plants - August 25, 2020
Water Resources in Bahrain Non-conventional water resources in Bahrain consist mainly of desalination and treated municipal wastewater. Industrial wastewater and irrigation … Tags: Desalination - Groundwater - Wastewater - Water Scarcity - Water Treatment Plants - January 15, 2020
Water Infrastructure in Bahrain Bahrain does not have dams, centralized irrigation systems or large wellfields. Its water-related infrastructure consists mainly of desalination and … Tags: Desalination - Wastewater - Water Treatment Plants - January 15, 2020
Water Resources in Yemen The combination of high population growth and exhaustion of water resources has contributed to a water crisis that may be one of the most catastrophic … Tags: Desalination - Groundwater - Rainwater Harvesting - Wastewater - December 10, 2019
Water Resources in Morocco The amount of water that is technically and economically exploitable is 80% of current available resources. This reveals the constraints on water … Tags: Basin - Desalination - Groundwater - Precipitation - Wastewater - September 17, 2019
Water Resources in Algeria Renewable water resources in Algeria are estimated at approximately 19 billion cubic metres per year (BCM/yr) (Table 1), approximately 450 cubic … Tags: Desalination - Groundwater - Rainwater Harvesting - Wastewater - July 30, 2019
Oman Steps Up Research and Innovation Efforts to Solve Water Problems The Middle East Desalination Center (MEDRC), headquartered in the capital Muscat, was founded in 1996. MEDRC is working in alignment with the … Tags: Desalination - January 30, 2019
