A recently published report revealed that an estimated $100 billion in investments will be needed over the next decade for water and desalination projects in the GCC.
With only one percent of the world's renewable fresh water resources and five percent of its population, "the provision of adequate water supply is one of the key issues facing governments across the region today," the report said according to Gulf News.
Twenty-four million cubic meters of water per day, or approximately 70 percent of the UAE's daily water supply comes from desalination plants. "The scale of the demand is illustrated by the fact that the UAE consumes more water per capita than any other country with the exception of the US and Canada."
With only one percent of the world's renewable fresh water resources and five percent of its population, "the provision of adequate water supply is one of the key issues facing governments across the region today," the report said according to Gulf News.
Twenty-four million cubic meters of water per day, or approximately 70 percent of the UAE's daily water supply comes from desalination plants. "The scale of the demand is illustrated by the fact that the UAE consumes more water per capita than any other country with the exception of the US and Canada."
Huge as it sounds, it will beinteresting to see if mega-sized corporations would want to do such investments in this region. Ofcourse investments in WATER won't be quiet similar to investments in OIL unless we are going to have a GCC Wide Water Exchange.
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yes you are right the GCC has 0.5% of worlds poplation, but even with such a small population the demand for freash water is high.
As for stop giving water to farmers, its a thin line whic counteries walk when they trade of their cash for non-dependency on international food imports, even economic leaders like Japan subsadize their farming sectors.
Drink Bebsi!
A better place to start would be to stop building water features everywhere and planting gardens with plants that require so much watering.
Most water features and irrigation for gardens use treated sewerage water, which is an excellent example of recycling, in addition to beautifying the environment and alleviating a dry and arid situation. This greening of the desert has additional benefits for the environment, including the release of moisture into the air by plants, which contributes to cloud formation and eventually, greater rainfall.
kochumanavalan @ 17:38
Care to see/smell the results in Al Majaz Park Sharjah?
Although it might not be the recycled water but the organic fertilizer that Sharjah Municipality uses
the australians are struggling with the same issue at the moment.. sydney is down to 34% of its full tank.. the city is drying fast.. dropped 10% over the past year..
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