Dear MEL Topic Readers,
How much of the Gulf’s water comes from desalination plants?
The total population of the six Gulf states, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is a little over 60
million, showing an increase of about 20% in the last decade. However, the area
has no permanent rivers and receives very little rainfall. How does the arid
region supply sufficient water to its growing population, businesses, and
farming? Since the GULF countries border the Persian Gulf, they are making water
by desalinating seawater. They produce more than 300 liters of water per resident
each day from seawater at over 400 desalination plants along their coasts. Desalination
of seawater is the process of removing salts, minerals, and impurities
from seawater to produce water drinkable or suitable for irrigation and
industrial use by membrane filtration or thermal distillation. Once processed,
the water is then distributed through pipelines or in containers. In the Gulf
region, plants and pipelines seem essential to produce and distribute essential
liquids.
Read the article and learn how dependent the Gulf region is on
seawater.
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