Gulf states turned seawater into a strategic municipal water supply through seven decades of desalination infrastructure, starting with Kuwait's pioneering mul…
Kuwait commissions the world's first multi-stage flash (MSF) desalination plant in 1957, a global first, not just a regional one. A dedicated MSF facility at Shuwaikh re…
Oil-funded industrial development drives construction of large thermal desalination plants across Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain, frequently paired wit…
Improved membranes, better pretreatment and energy-recovery devices make seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) increasingly cost-competitive with thermal desalination for new…
Qatar's Kahramaa commissions the Water Security Mega Reservoirs Project: 15 reservoirs across five sites, each holding 100 million imperial gallons, for a combined 1,500…
A new generation of SWRO plants comes online with higher efficiency and, increasingly, renewable-linked grid electricity. Saudi Arabia's Shuaibah 3 is converted from the…
Saudi Arabia's SWPC advances seven independent water projects worth about 2.75 million cubic metres a day of new SWRO capacity, targeting 18 million m3/day of national d…
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