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  • UN releases dire warning about water scarcity in Middle East and North Africa

    An August 2021 report from UNICEF stated that the region’s groundwater began to be over-exploited to meet agricultural needs starting in the 1970s when motorized pumps were introduced. The problem has since been exacerbated by “inadequate governance arrangements, including weak water resource management policies and a lack of regulation,” according to the report. Relatedly, agriculture on average takes up 70% of water use internationally, but in the Middle East and North Africa, this figure is 80%, according to UNICEF. UNICEF added that 11 out of the 17 most water-stressed countries in the world are in the Middle East and North Africa.

  • Saudi Aramco receives bids for wastewater treatment plant

    According to sources close to the project, the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has been appointed as financial adviser, with White & Case and ILF Consulting Engineers appointed as legal and technical consultants respectively. The water treatment plant will treat water from the Zuluf oil field, before reinjecting the water back into the oil field.

  • NEOM launches ENOWA to ensure sustainable energy and water systems

    ENOWA will represent NEOM as the principal shareholder in the world's largest green hydrogen production plant in an equal joint venture with Air Products and ACWA Power.

  • Saudi Arabia to unveil 60 water projects worth $9.33bn

    “We are developing strategic water reserves that should supply enough water to Saudi consumers in case of emergency. By 2029, we plan to raise the capacity to hold 45.7 million cubic metres of water — that will serve the entire country for a few days, if the water supply stops for some reason," Mr Al Qureshi said.

  • Saudi Arabia’s water PPP program surges ahead

    At this week’s Saudi Water Forum in Riyadh, central privatisation body the Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) said that the amount of water produced at privately owned desalination plants was set to grow from 2.54 million m3/d at the end of last year to 7.48 million m3/d by 2027 as key plants come online and more contracts are pushed out to the market. And SWPC chief executive Khaled Al-Qureshi said the growth in private desalination would be matched by similar investment surges in wastewater treatment, water transmission, storage, and local sewerage networks.

  • Cloud seeding could be another renewable water source for Saudi Arabia

    “The Kingdom is considered one of the countries with the least rainfall, with an average of 100 mm annually," said Ayman Ghulam, chief executive officer of the National Center of Meteorology. "Cloud seeding is one of the most promising solutions in Saudi Arabia,” he told a conference in Riyadh on Sunday.

  • Krones builds one of the world’s most modern water factories in Saudi Arabia – Krones

    The new plant began operation in mid-2021. And though it was, by definition, a “greenfield” project, the verdant imagery certainly doesn’t apply here – the factory is situated in the middle of the desert outside Riyadh, as a film by JWBF impressively shows:

  • El Seif-ALEC JV Inks $750mn Deal For KSA’s First Water Theme Park In Qiddiya

    Ahmed Al-Bassam, CEO of El Seif, commented: “El Seif is one of the kingdom’s leading engineering and construction companies that has built some of Saudi Arabia’s and the region’s best known iconic projects such as the Kingdom Tower, Princess Noura University and Haramain High Speed Rail Rabigh Station.

  • Oman, Saudi Arabia sign food and water security pact

    The signing of the MoU came on the sidelines of the International Council for Dates, held in Al Ahsa, the KSA.

  • Independent oil exports land Iraq’s Kurds in hot water once again

    The KRG first started to independently export crude oil to Turkey back in 2014. In the first half of last year, it exported more than 77M barrels of oil—generating 4.1B USD in revenues. Most of these exports transited Ceyhan port in neighbouring Turkey. Of note, the Kurdistan region of Iraq also produces 5B cubic meters of natural gas annually. Some observers maintain that output could increase to 40B cubic meters a year by 2035.