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Water is the basic building block of life
on earth. The Almighty said (And We made from water every living thing
ۖ), where the availability of fresh water sources is linked to a basic
requirement for the civilized development of human societies throughout
human history. In the past, urban and rural areas of the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia relied on rain and groundwater to meet their needs from
However, since the beginning of the accelerating movement of the wheel
of civilized development and the urban, industrial and agricultural
renaissance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since
the seventies AD, this acceleration has been accompanied by a steady
increase in the demand for fresh water. As a result, the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia is currently the largest producer of desalinated water in
the world.
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since
the seventies AD, this acceleration has been accompanied by a steady
increase in the demand for fresh water. As a result, the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia is currently the largest producer of desalinated water in
the world. The process of continuous prosperity and increasing
development in the Kingdom, and the Kingdom’s adoption of ambitious
development plans such as Vision 2030, resulted in a continuous increase
in fresh water, which called on the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia to increase Investing in the water desalination sector and
including it as one of the To the major challenges facing the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia, which require devoting research efforts to finding highly
efficient water desalination technologies. In addition, Vision 2030 has
been keen to encourage local research institutions to devote
development research in this field by allocating high budgets on an
ongoing basis.
The
Center of Excellence in Research in Water Desalination Technology was
established to work towards achieving the above-mentioned goals. Since
its establishment, the Center has been keen on finding highly efficient
water desalination techniques such as desalination through membrane
distillation and gas hydrates, in conjunction with working on developing
current desalination techniques such as desalination techniques.
Membrane and solar desalination techniques. In addition, the center was
keen to attract high calibers in the research and technical fields and
to provide a high-quality research and development environment by
providing the staff with the necessary tools from specialized
high-quality specialized scientific equipment. In the same context, the
Center for Research Excellence in Water Desalination Technology is keen
to establish research partnerships with local and international bodies
through which multilateral research projects are being worked on, and
companies are not limited to the research field only, as the Center has
established many partnerships with the private sector through which
problems are solved. technology of interest to these sectors. In
general, the center's efforts are focused on developing and
strengthening the water desalination sector in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, and the above mentioned are some of those development efforts in
order to strengthen the desalination sector in the Kingdom, which
ensures the sustainability of water resources in the Kingdom given that
they are basic and vital resources for prosperity and progress.
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