where do we get all this water?
By Grace on Aug 29, 2007 in desert life
Water is one of the first things that come to mind when we hear the word desert.
Do you imagine vast, endless arid area without greens and unbathed people with dry throats? Dubai is so far from it. There are lots of greens grown in parks and on the streets with lots of water supply to make Dubai look like a normal place to live them survive.
Left: grasses are regularly watered; Right: beautiful flowers on the streets
With money generating from black gold, everything can be possible: the greens, the trees, man-made islands and of course the seemingly endless supply of water available, thanks to multibillion dollar state of the art desalination technology. The United Arab Emirates is a coastal country facing the Arabian Sea so they put the sea water to good use. Dubai is actually planning to build one of the world’s largest desalination complexes to supply enough water to the city’s growing population.
Thanks to that, we are able to take a bath regularly. I mean, we really need to.
Well, at least you won’t have to face droughts! That desaline thing sounds like a great idea.
kailani | Aug 29, 2007 | Reply
My company does a lot of work in the UAE. Someday I’d love to see it…
Robin | Aug 29, 2007 | Reply
That’s great news. I wonder if they’ll cool the water too!
Maribeth | Aug 29, 2007 | Reply
And with the hotels they’re putting up down there, Dubai better has plenty of water supply.
zamejias | Aug 29, 2007 | Reply
dubai is really cool and lucky to have plenty of water…. your site it very informative. i hope we can exchange links…thanks!
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reyian | Aug 29, 2007 | Reply
wow … amazing! i can’t help but wonder though how this process is affecting the environment. i am imagining the process as to sucking all salt water to turn it to unsalty water. in the process, how much marine life are disturbed (being sucked too), how much sea floors are degraded? also, how much energy does this take? … hmm .. i’m too bored!
cool post though…. really! very informative! i have never heard of ‘desalination’ before!
Charlotte | Aug 29, 2007 | Reply
by the way… nice family picture!
Charlotte | Aug 29, 2007 | Reply
I always thought it was amazing how you can have such beautiful greenery in such a dry place!
movingmama | Aug 30, 2007 | Reply
That is good news! And hopefully, California will learn from them! they have talked about doing that for years! But haven’t! WE desperately need water! We have a large acquaduct that brings our water from up North and Colorado!
SabineM | Aug 30, 2007 | Reply
LOVE THIS. We obviously grew up at the same time. These are all great!
WhatWorksForMom | Aug 30, 2007 | Reply
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yanix | Sep 7, 2007 | Reply