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TLDR too expensive. It depends on the country though, countries like Saudi Arabia get most of their water though desalination.
by jacooper 3y ago
TLDR too expensive.
It depends on the country though, countries like Saudi Arabia get most of their water though desalination.
- _0ffh 3y agoIIRC Israel even produces enough fresh water to establish a flourishing export business.
- nir 3y agoI don't know about exports but for certain there's quite a lot of water Israel transfers to Jordan as part of the 90s peace accords. That's a huge deal in the Mid East. For decades, the weather report in Israel would include the water level of the Sea of Galilee, the only real lake in the country and the source of most of the nation's drinkable water. It would be a major concern during droughts. Now there's so much desalinated water that some are actually being pumped into the lake, for environmental reasons.
- mhb 3y agoAlso big cruise ships.
- reaperman 3y agoQatar has no groundwater or surface water anymore AIUI. But they have an incredible oversupply of natural gas that they can’t build enough export capacity for. So it mashes sense to use the gas they can’t export to desalinate water, and they do.
- politelemon 3y agoIt would be ironic if they become a supplier of water to other countries too.