Lack of water in Saudi Arabia

This solution may seem very possible , but it does not address the problem of the eventual depletion of the aquifers it will only extend availability to a handful more years . The problem of eventual depletion still looms over the horizon and threatens to finally prove to be a concern of great magnitude . With the intense heat of the desert coupled with climate change , water demands in Saudi Arabia have been growing but the supply has gone low , dangerously low . There is nothing that can be done to the water demand because of

mitigating circumstances and there is a danger that with this would come civil unrest all because of the scarcity of water . Over the years , water might become a highly prized resource that the possibility of it becoming an underground enterprise (pun intended may soon become a reality . Imagine a Saudi Arabia where like Rolex watches , water is secretly vended on the streets and water bandits have to do their operations hidden from government attention

The government of Saudi Arabia has also looked into the possibility of water recycling which requires that Saudi waste water be treated so that it becomes fit for consumption . There are also sewage projects and plans to collect wastewater for treatment so that it can be used in parks , industry , agriculture and other non-consumable areas . (Frost Again , this solution will require billions in investment in terms of recycling equipment and treatment chemicals . Strangely , the chemicals needed for the treatment of water are also not manufactured in Saudi Arabia . Therefore , even when the possibility of water treatment is very real , the resources needed for such an undertaking are not easily available to the country . Import will have to address this particular aspect of the problem and so , even with water successfully treated in the...