SUR (Oman), Dec 11 — “We have water, and it’s the most important thing in a house,” says Abdullah al-Harthi from the port city of Sur in Oman, a country that relies on desalination plants. But for Oman and the other Gulf countries dominated by vast and scorching deserts, obtaining fresh...
A view of a desalination plant in the Omani port city of Sur, south of the capital Muscat November 27, 2019. — AFP pic
“Before, life was very difficult. We had wells, and water was delivered by trucks,” the 58-year-old told AFP. “Since the 1990s, water has come through pipes and we’ve had no cuts.” More than half comes from just four countries — Saudi Arabia, at 22 per cent, United Arab Emirates with 20 per cent, and smaller shares by Kuwait and Qatar, according to UN data.
There are other ways to safeguard freshwater supplies, from encouraging savings and efficiently to recycling wastewater. Across the Gulf, huge amounts of water are used not just for homes, gardens and golf courses, but also for the energy sector that is the source of the region’s often spectacular wealth.On the edge of the Arabian peninsula’s “Empty Quarter”, the world’s largest expanse of sand, lies the Khazzan gas field, operated by BP and the Oman Oil Company.
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