Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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28 January 2011
23:3390608#1
This thread refers to the water resources in Saudi Arabia. A brief research that I have just carried out after posting my thread about Egypt, shows that in Saudi Arabia, the desalination plants supply water that is largely used only for the two cities, for municipal - non domestic - use.
It is too salty even for irrigation!
I have copied and pasted one paragraph that explains for how long Saudi Arabia's reserves of underground water are estimated to last.
Sources: Water Profile in Saudi Arabia (on the web), edited for: The Encyclopedia of Earth.
Feb. 2008. Citation: FAO. Author's name not specified.
Text:
"At the 1990 rate of abstraction, it is estimated that the usable reserves will last for a maximum of 25 to 30 years. The quality of the abstracted water is likely to deteriorate with time because of the flow from low quality water in the same aquifers towards the core of the depression at the point of use. In 1988, there were 4,667 multi-purpose government wells and 44,080 multipurpose private wells." ENDS
I think that some research will prove that my statements about irrigation needs and water-supply in many other countries are not wrong, and that we should be aware of the right information!
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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29 January 2011
01:2590615#2
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Water_profile_of_Saudi_Arabia
Here's hte URL for this article, Ray. Just google: water profile for Saudi Arabia, and it will appear on the first page.