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  • Saudi Arabia’s water industry to grow as it increases desalination capacity

    The Kingdom is making significant infrastructure investments in wastewater treatment to enable water recycling and reuse. By 2027, the Kingdom’s desalination capacity is anticipated to rise from its current level of little more than 3 million cubic meters per day to 7.5 million cubic meters per day.

  • A Saudi Arabian Dairy Giant in Siphoning Off Arizona’s Groundwater

    Many more agricultural operations are drawing down the state’s underground water reserves for free. And most of them are U.S.-owned. Minnesota’s Riverview Dairy company, for example, has a farm near Sunizona, Ariz., that has drained so much of the aquifer that local residents have seen their wells dry up. Meanwhile, some California-based farms, facing tougher groundwater regulations at home, are looking to relocate to neighboring Arizona for cheap water. These companies and other megafarms can afford to drill deep wells, chasing the rapidly sinking water table.

  • COP15 Adopts Biodiversity Plan to Protect 30% of Land and Water by 2030

    Wealthier nations committed to pay an estimated $30 billion a year by 2030 to poorer nations, in part through a new biodiversity fund that will be created under the Global Environment Facility, a 30-year-old organization that supports environmental work. The agreement was reached following two weeks of negotiations at the COP15 United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, where arguments over funding temporarily paused talks at one point.

  • Saudi Arabia Launches First Water, Agriculture, Environment System Portfolio

    The Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture revealed on Sunday the establishment of a portfolio aimed at achieving water and food security and environmental sustainability, in an initiative that is the first of its kind in the three sectors. The portfolio was announced at a forum for innovation and modern technologies held at the ministry’s headquarters in Riyadh. The forum, which is held in tandem with an exhibition, was inaugurated by the Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Mansour bin Hilal Al-Mushaiti.

  • Jordan Is Running Out of Water, a Grim Glimpse of the Future

    Population growth, diminished water supplies and climate change have all taken their toll, while damaged and inefficient infrastructure and the considerable challenges posed by Jordan’s geography and topography have only made things worse. The resulting shortages serve as a warning of what the future might hold for the region and the world beyond it‌.

  • Saudi: SWCC signs deal on return water conservation, RO projects

    Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has signed agreements with top local and international companies to help boost co-operation in conserving return water (the portion of water diverted from a water supply which finds its way back into a watercourse) as well as reverse osmosis projects. Return waters are those flowing from the areas of irrigation systems such as wastewaters, surface runoffs as well as drainage waters and subsurface waters. These are returned in an orderly manner from the economic sector of the water cycle to the natural sector (ocean, lakes, lithogenous) by means of technical structures and facilities.

  • Green Hydrogen Production in MENA Faces a Water Problem, Energy Leader Says

    Jawad El Kharraz, executive director of the Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE), says that Arab countries should localise green hydrogen production technology. However, in an interview with Al-Fanar Media, he points out that there are challenges facing this process, related to water scarcity in the North African region.

  • UAE Power and Water Firm Taqa Seeks to Slash Emissions by 2030

    The United Arab Emirates’ largest water and power provider aims to cut carbon emissions 25% by 2030 from 2019 levels as part of the oil-producing nation’s plan to be net zero mid-way through this century. Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., known as Taqa, plans to build more solar plants and close power plants running on natural gas, Chief Executive Officer Jasim Husain Thabet said in an interview. The company, which has a $77 billion market valuation, will build about 9 gigawatts of solar power and phase out roughly 7 GW of conventional gas plants in this decade, Thabet said.

  • Erdogan Says Turkey to Explore for Oil and Gas in Libyan Waters

  • Saudi Arabia spends $503m on water projects in Northern Borders region

    Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has launched 15 water and environmental projects worth SR1.9 billion ($503 million) in the Norther Borders region, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. Of the total, 13 projects will be carried out by the National Water Co., Minister of  Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman Al-Fadli said at the inaugural ceremony.