China accounts for approximately 19.5% of the world population but has only 7% of the globe’s freshwater resources. Water efficiency in China is poor compared to its G20 peers, requiring around four times as much water per US$ of GDP created. Two-thirds of China’s 660 cities suffer from water shortages with the situation in 110 [...]

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 [...]

Posted: Friday 27th November 2009 Long term impact on global economic growth likely. The world population’s access to safe drinking water could decline as early as next year, according to research by HaloSource, a leading clean water and anti-microbial technology company. The research also supports the strong correlation between access to safe drinking water and [...]