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  • Bahrain
    Bahrain is sinking a Boeing 747 for an underwater theme park

    What's the most extreme theme park in the world? There are quite a few that can be added to the list. Bahrain however, wants to top all of them. They're actually sinking a Boeing 747 airplane for a new underwater theme park. But to visit, you're definitely going to need a diving license.

  • Water
    Saudi Arabia turns up temperature on water reduction plans

    Water rationalisation has been a high priority for the Saudi Arabian Government in recent years as it has repeatedly tried to address the stark imbalance of the country’s water consumption rates compared to its actual availability of resources.

  • Maritime Security
    Saudi Arabia’s role in banishing piracy from regional waters

    A decade ago, during the peak years of the Somali piracy crisis, the waters of the Arabian Gulf faced frequent threats from armed criminals at sea, who disrupted the economy by terrorizing shipping routes.

  • Nile River Basin
    Bridging the Gap in the Nile Waters Dispute

    Ethiopia is moving ahead with construction of Africa’s largest dam, despite Egypt’s worry that it will reduce the downstream flow of the Nile, the source of around 90 per cent of its freshwater supply.

  • Water
    Saudi Arabia to slash water usage by 43% in next decade

    audi Arabia, one of the world’s driest countries, has announced a national program for rationalising water consumption in the Kingdom. The program seeks an ambitious target that includes slashing usage by nearly 24% by next year and some 43% by the end of the next decade.

  • Water
    Who keeps buying California’s scarce water?

    “Everyone wants to be working here,” Jim told me. Not only does the company employ more than 100 locals full-time – as compared with the part-time or seasonal labor found on most farms – and with 401ks, vacation and health insurance, but they also support local farmers by purchasing their alfalfa to add to their bales and ship overseas.

  • Water
    Saudi in fresh move to reduce water consumption

    Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s driest countries, has announced a national programme for rationalising water consumption in the Kingdom. The programme sets ambitious targets that include slashing usage by nearly 24 per cent by next year and 43 per cent by the end of the next decade. The announcement came at the Saudi Water Forum 2019, held this week in Riyadh, and with World Water Day set for March 22.

  • Jordan
    Dead seas: How a water crisis in Jordan could threaten Middle East peace

    After several years of plunging rivers levels and rainfall, the Unesco-listed pilgrimage al-Maghtas site had not been properly filled with water since 2012. And so pilgrims dunk themselves in these waters which many fear are also disappearing too.

  • Water
    Saudi Arabia Revamps Water Security Plans

    Saudi Arabia has stepped up its efforts to rationalize local water consumption, sustain and maintain water security, and provide high quality water supplies to consumers. This is perceived to contribute positively to economic development in the Kingdom and to embody a leap in materializing initiatives and programs presented by the National Water Strategy 2030.

  • Desalination
    Why Making Seawater Drinkable Doesn’t Thrill Everyone

    this modern-day alchemy is under scrutiny as critics question whether the benefits of desalination justify its potential harm to marine environments and contribution to global warming.