Billions of dollars worth of water desalination projects in the Arab countries.. Is Iraq among them?

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2023-04-18 | 03:01
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Alsumaria News - International

Many Arab governments focus on pumping more investments in water desalination projects, especially by using reverse osmosis technology, in an unremitting effort to solve the problem of water scarcity in the region, which is considered the driest in the world.

With the rise in global temperatures and the acceleration of the climate crisis, the water crisis is expected to worsen in the [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/47078/%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%83 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7/ar/]Middle East[/url] and [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/48876/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A8 %D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84 %D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7/ar/]North Africa[/url] region and affect economic growth.
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[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/44808/%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%82 %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82%D8%AF %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A/ar/]World Bank[/url] experts concluded that climate-related water scarcity could lead to economic losses of up to 14 percent of the region's GDP over the next 30 years.



However, technological innovations and advanced water management systems are helping to alleviate the situation. This includes building and developing major desalination plants, as well as implementing sustainable agriculture and water recycling programmes.

According to a recent report issued by BNC Intelligence, the countries of the [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/47078/%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%83 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7/ar/]Middle East[/url] and [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/48876/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A8 %D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84 %D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7/ar/]North Africa[/url] alone account for half of the desalinated water annually, recording about 48 percent of the daily global production of desalinated water.

The desalination process consists in removing salt and pollutants from sea water to produce fresh water, whose uses go beyond the issue of water security for the population, as part of it is transferred to the agricultural sector, which is also facing an unprecedented crisis due to drought.

The Oil Price platform, quoting the American financial website Zero Hedge, stated that analyst [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/326287079/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%A7 %D9%81%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83/ar/]Anna Flick[/url] identified a graph through the German company Statista, which specializes in market and consumer data, in which it identified the countries that are investing heavily in this industry with high water stress.

The fourth report on desalination projects in the [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/47078/%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%83 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7/ar/]Middle East[/url] and [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/48876/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A8 %D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84 %D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7/ar/]North Africa[/url] for the year 2023 details how a total of $39.3 billion was spent in this area across the region. It covers both planned and launched projects.

[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/47950/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9/ar/]Saudi Arabia[/url] and the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] recorded the largest investments, with the largest oil producers in [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] amounting to $14.58 billion. As for its neighbor, the volume of its investments in desalination projects amounted to approximately $10.3 billion.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ranked third with about $4.2 billion, followed by [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] with $3.26 billion and the Sultanate of [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] with investments estimated at $3.16 billion.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] comes in sixth place with 2.37 billion dollars, followed by [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] with about 950 million dollars, [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] with about 210 million dollars, [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] with about 130 million dollars, and the rest of the Arab countries with total investments amounting to 190 million dollars.[/size]
 
The report also did not address the water desalination projects to be worked on in [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].

The US-Saudi Council determined that up to 60 percent of the resources of the largest Arab economy came from desalination in 2019, most of which came from the state-run [url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/137036/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%B3%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9 %D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%87 %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A9/ar/]Saline Water Conversion Corporation[/url].

The two oil-rich countries have access to sea water and investment mechanisms, and they have projects under preparation, recognizing the importance of water security in light of demographic growth over the coming decades.

The most invested Arab countries:


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