OPWP said the new IWP in Ghubra will be developed as a private sector project by an appropriately qualified developer. (Image source: Teseum/Flickr)
As many as 11 international companies and consortiums have shown interest to participate in the tendering process for the development of a new major independent water project (IWP) in Muscat
The system aims to provide drinking water in extremely arid locations. (Image source: Silvia/Pixabay)
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have unveiled a new device that is expected to get drinkable water out from the driest areas of a desert
Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi is the minister of climate change and environment. (Image source: The UAE Ministry of Climate Change & Environment)
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 benefits of dual-purpose desalination plants are recognised widely enough for them to account for 10-15 per cent of all desalination facilities. (Image source: Rosatom)
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
The project is part of a wider privatisation strategy by Saudi Arabia. (Image source: Bader Alotaby/Flickr)
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
