Water scarcityWater supply and demandWater challengesConservation effortsSaudi Arabia (SA) is one of the world's arid, most water-scarce nations without permanent water resources. The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive overview of Saudi Arabia's water resources availability and ...
Water scarcity has periodically emerged as a political flashpoint due to the high degree of privatization of the country’s water supply, and the resulting high price premiums for its usage (for example, Santiago’s residentspaymore for their water than almost any other metropolitan area in South...
In Saudi Arabia, where domestic agricultural enterprise remains a state priority despite extreme water scarcity, a shift to overseas food production to meet domestic demand could have significant implications for water and energy use as well as local labor markets. This study evaluates the growing ...
ABOUT SAUDI DESALINATION AND WATER INNOVATION SUMMIT Global water scarcity is on the rise, with a rapidly increasing world population and hyper accelerated climate change; water stress has grown tremendously across the planet. As global water scarcity grows, over 35% of the population doesn’t ...
Groundwater scarcity in arid regions may hinder development plans and cause many inconveniences for the population and authorities. Saudi Arabia has limited groundwater resources stored in the sedimentary sequence of the Arabian Shelf. Some of these resources were classified as major aquifers, secondary...
Growth in the US agtech sector can help solve water scarcity challenges February 9, 2022 Ryan Lefers Ryan Lefers is CEO at Red Sea Farms, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The views expressed in this guest commentary are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of AFN. ...
Elon Musk dropped in on the 10th world Water Forum in Bali, Indonesia, and outlined a plan to solve humanity's growing water scarcity crisis. "The potential for solving any given water issue is very good," he told the assembled dignitaries.
Water scarcity is dynamic and complex, emerging from the combined influences of climate change, basin-level water resources, and managed systems’ adaptive capacities. Beyond geophysical stressors and responses, it is critical to also consider how multi-sector, multi-scale economic teleconnections mitiga...
To combat water scarcity, innovative solutions are needed. Desalination plants, which convert seawater into freshwater, offer a potential source of relief. Countries like Saudi Arabia have made significant investments in desalination technology to meet their water needs. Conservation measures, such as fix...
Alleviating water scarcity is at the core of Sustainable Development Goal 6. Yet the timing of water scarcity in its onset and possible relief in different regions of the world due to climate change and changing human population dynamics remains poorly i