With the UAE being one of the most arid nations in the world, supply of clean, accessible water is critical for sustainable development and indispensable for human health, well-being and prosperity across the region, said Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, minister of climate change and environment in the UAE

The growing problem of freshwater shortages, alongside climate change, is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity for its long-term survival and sustainable future and Rosatom may have a solution

Engineering consultancy Atkins said that it has won a procurement advisory services contract, as part of a consortium, from state-owned National Water Company in Saudi Arabia

All buildings in the emirate will soon be charged a new fee of US$21.78 per tonne for general waste disposal, which is proposed to go up by US$2.72 per annum to US$27.23 per tonne by 2020 and more beyond, according to Dubai Municipality (DM)

Prolonged periods of drought in Adelaide and the surrounding area prompted the building of a high capacity desalination plant and a north-south interconnecting pipeline within South Australia and for the first time South Australia Water (SA Water) was able to distribute water almost anywhere in its network at any time