Fresh water we can use for drinking or agriculture is only about 3 percent of the global water supply, and nearly 70 percent of that is trapped in glaciers and ice caps. So far, that was enough to ...

MENA holds 46% of global desalination capacity. Water demand could rise 20%–50% by 2050. Desalination costs have fallen below $1 per cubic meter. Energy still makes up to 75% of operating costs.

As climate change makes rains more temperamental, and groundwater levels decline, the global water desalination industry is set for a boom period. Between 2025 and 2029, global desalination capacity ...

U.S. Army Sergeant Kornelia Rachwal gives a young Pakistani girl a drink of water on the 19 October 2005 after the Kashmir Earthquake. Desalination is an important tool in disasters. After an attack ...

At a scientific conference, I found myself among researchers proudly presenting the Arabian Gulf’s dominance in global desalination capacity. To many in the room, it was a story of success—proof that ...