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Fixing Unequal Water Access; Singapore Leads Water Revolution; Persian Gulf Desalination
Fixing the imbalance in access to water. By trading water for money in a much more limited and temporary way, farmers and agriculture can survive and cities can win access to additional water when they need it most.
From open sewage to high-tech hydrohub, Singapore leads water revolution. Fifty years ago Singapore had to ration water, and its smelly rivers were devoid of fish and choked with waste from shipbuilding, pig farms and toilets that emptied directly into streams. But it’s a very different story today.
How the Persian Gulf might solve its water problem. Saltwater reverse osmosis could turn the tide here, experts say, encouraging the region to fully embrace greener practices within the water desalination industry. [requires enormous amounts of energy and produces enormous amounts of concentrated brine]
