Desalination should be the best solution to the shortage of water in arid regions.
Water is the nerve of life. It affects the food, energy, environment and health of billions of people living on the planet earth. Large populations living in vast arid areas around the world suffer from water scarcity. With exceedingly limited resources of water, about 200 million people distribute the Arab countries in North Africa, and the Middle East depends mainly on fossil groundwater that is a non-renewable resource. However, modern technology provides them a gift “Desalination” which is the technique of removing salt and other impurities from seawater in order to make it suitable for human use. This essay will discuss desalination as a necessary solution to …show more content…
Approximately 75% of the Arab population live under the water scarcity level, half of them live under th level of 500 m3/cap./year (UNISCO 2015, p78). Some argue that people live in this region may rely on groundwater. However, groundwater is already exhausted and under high pressure by the growing population. Moreover, boreholes and wells are vulnerable to quality reduction, pollution and seawater infiltration (Alghariani 2003). Accordingly, people can depend on desalination as a reliable and practical alternative. For Example, recent estimates indicated that up to 25 million m3 of desalinated water produce daily worldwide of which almost two thirds the production and 77% of all Desalination plants located within countries of the Middle East and North Africa (Lattemann and Höpner 2008). Another example, Qatar is a country with nearly no water (74 mm/year of precipitation rain). However, its water consumption considered among the highest (430 L./cap./year) worldwide, and almost all water came from Desalination (Al-Attiya 2012). In short, in water scarcity regions, desalination will be the best sustainable and secure source of
Water is the nerve of life. It affects the food, energy, environment and health of billions of people living on the planet earth. Large populations living in vast arid areas around the world suffer from water scarcity. With exceedingly limited resources of water, about 200 million people distribute the Arab countries in North Africa, and the Middle East depends mainly on fossil groundwater that is a non-renewable resource. However, modern technology provides them a gift “Desalination” which is the technique of removing salt and other impurities from seawater in order to make it suitable for human use. This essay will discuss desalination as a necessary solution to …show more content…
Approximately 75% of the Arab population live under the water scarcity level, half of them live under th level of 500 m3/cap./year (UNISCO 2015, p78). Some argue that people live in this region may rely on groundwater. However, groundwater is already exhausted and under high pressure by the growing population. Moreover, boreholes and wells are vulnerable to quality reduction, pollution and seawater infiltration (Alghariani 2003). Accordingly, people can depend on desalination as a reliable and practical alternative. For Example, recent estimates indicated that up to 25 million m3 of desalinated water produce daily worldwide of which almost two thirds the production and 77% of all Desalination plants located within countries of the Middle East and North Africa (Lattemann and Höpner 2008). Another example, Qatar is a country with nearly no water (74 mm/year of precipitation rain). However, its water consumption considered among the highest (430 L./cap./year) worldwide, and almost all water came from Desalination (Al-Attiya 2012). In short, in water scarcity regions, desalination will be the best sustainable and secure source of