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 ...
Bruno Sousa, Partner in the Energy Practice at Oliver Wyman was featured in an Arab News article on how the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is addressing water scarcity challenges through a comprehensive water strategy. Saudi Arabia is the third biggest consumer of water per capita in the ...
Governments, too, must be active in confronting a shared and pressing problem. The Middle East is already making good progress in this area. Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 national development strategy is explicit in recognizing the importance of water scarcity, committing the country to promoting “t...
Regarding Saudi tourist arrivals, he said: “We expect a rise in visitors from the Arab world, especially from Saudi Arabia, which has the largest percentage of visitors from the Middle East.” He added: “Saudi Arabia has been a key market for Malaysia for years, and with Visit Malaysia ...
KAUST. Image Courtesy of HOK Along the red seacoast, KAUST is a private research university located in a desert environment. Besidesbeing the first mixed-gender university campus in Saudi Arabia, KAUST owns and operates its Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant. Additionally, the univer...
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 ...
Saudi Arabia 21,114.20 1,131.20 447.50 270.60 1,849.30 United Arab Emirates 3,329.80 1,921.20 570.60 644.20 3,136.00 United States 288,958.20 1,968.30 238.90 635.30 2,842.50 World 6,154,564.20 1,015.40 153.30 216.50 1,385.20 Water Scarcity Solutions There are several available solutions able to...
Leila Masinaei, Managing Partner, Great Mind Events Management and organizer of the 3rd MENA Desalination Projects Forum, said: "The depth of the water scarcity is getting from bad to worse. The governments of the Mena countries are seeking alternative ways to generate clean water, without harmi...
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...
Saudi Arabia is classified as one of the most water-scarce nations on the planet. The absolute water scarcity level is 500 cubic metres per capita, yet Saudi Arabia has only 89.5 cubic metres per capita, per year[3]. In the UAE, the water table has dropped by around one meter per year...