By Digby Lidstone Published: January 19 2010 02:00 | Last updated: January 19 2010 02:00 Standing in one of the many farms that line Bahrain’s northern coast, it is easy to forget that this is technically a desert island. Between the ranks of date palms and pomegranate trees stretch fields of spinach, herbs and potatoes [...]

Dependency of desalination The average annual increase of demand for desalinated water in the Arab world is 6% per annum compared to the 3% global average.  40% of desalinated water demand in the Middle East comes from the industrial and municipal sectors. Approximately 70% (about 24 million cu. Meters per day) of the UAE’s water [...]

By Sarah O’Connor Published: July 23 2008 16:17 | Last updated: July 23 2008 16:17 Otto Spork has hired three glaciers. He is siphoning off the melting glacier water, and plans to put it in tankers and ship it to thirsty companies and countries across the globe. Water is the new oil, reckons Mr Spork, [...]

From the Roman aqueducts to modern-day pipelines, bulk water transportation hasn’t changed over the years.  Pipelines work well where there is an ongoing need over a long period of time so that the economic cost of construction can be recovered.  However pipelines can be an expensive alternative where there the need is ad-hoc or in [...]

Yemen The ever-booming population and the level of groundwater decreasing at the alarming rate of four meters each year is slowly but surely creating a major drinking water issues for some regions of Yemen. In Tiaz city, local residents say they only have access to running water inside the house one day a month. For [...]

July 14, 2009 Demand for Desalination Plants Increases Worldwide Large scale desalinization already takes place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This plant in Ras al-Khaimah, contributes to the nearly 8.5 million cubic meters of water produced per day in the UAE (click image to enlarge). by Connor Boals Infographics by Hannah Nester Circle of [...]