Saudi Arabia's Water Problem

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Saudi Arabia is the largest country on earth without rivers. Due to water scarcity, it is an enormous challenge for Saudi Arabia to maintain agriculture and avoid being almost completely dependent on imports. And water supply is also a problem for industry usage and private households. The water supply in Saudi Arabia is heavily subsidised. The government has commissioned a number of private companies from all over the world for these desalination plants. In order to keep costs low for the consumer, the government buys the water from these companies and sells it to households at a significantly lower price.
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[@thesupremegodofcapitalism4359]

This channel is seriously underrated. Quality content

[@TamimLB]

The Supreme God of Capitalism Saaady Awabia

[@thatone1280]

Agreed

[@scoapproductions]

Sawdy Awabya

[@aiman6041]

@Khalid Ibn Alwaleed and where are you supposed to be from

[@ciceroaraujo5183]

You are so righteous

[@shybutopinionated1428]

“countries without river” idk why i’m so blown by that

[@moldeecheese]

wiver*

[@ssdogerboy2195]

@sir fanny bandit- lmfao

[@bskdopeboy]

"Wieber" he said... Justin Wieber. Most countries lack one and those countries are great.

[@user-ce1ns4xh9p]

As someone who lives a country where there's plenty of rivers, this is very sad.

[@scottwhitley3392]

Same I can’t imagine not being near a river, I live in Scotland were there are rivers literately everywhere

[@brunohebert-brassard6281]

Plot twist: They live in a desert.

[@Zer1ck]

LOL. That would actually be interesting

[@handl3_me]

Nothing plotty about that.

[@veer7431]

Plot twist: ocean level rises

[@sensei2935]

Mark Grudt *They’re

[@outofcash9062]

Mark Grudt and you’re too stupid to spell correctly in your mother language 😂🤣😭

[@rai0ony]

aside from the water issue, I just want to appreciate the fact that you didn't use cliche Arabic music (Oud) in the background

[@nauroa6918]

Oud slaps tho whats the problem

[@DIAZ8979]

@@nauroa6918 true dat😂

[@jeostone5255]

@@nauroa6918 lol

[@honestghamdi1053]

Actually, Oud is the single MOST IMPORTANT musical instrument in Arabic music. And what is bad about it, it's has a very beautiful rhythm. Although my background is from India (Canadian now), and I love this instrument a lot as well as the Qanun (a string instrument).

[@theearthisnotflat4398]

Don't forget the darbuka

[@vallabhsonawale9570]

Other KZbinrs use drone for Ariel shots Neo: Google Earth

[@faridfadilah2012]

Truth

[@admiralmudkip9836]

aerial*

[@conservativeliberal]

Vallabh Sonawale honestly that’s kinda genius to do especially if you can’t find the shot that you want from a stock photo website

[@Sagittarius-A-Star]

Who wants to travel to Saudi for some drone shots? Probably you would end up without head because you blew your nose in the wrong place.

[@annoying.no0bgaming477]

Drone was prohibited

[@thomasaquinas5262]

Ironically, it was drilling for water that led to discovery of the oil caches under the sands of the kingdom.

[@goysoy4375]

What

[@SterNebula]

That's false

[@elmo319]

Look up Major Frank Holmes

[@user-wl7fp6lj3g]

Totally false

[@thomasaquinas5262]

@@elmo319 Sheikh Hamad al-Khalifa (1874-1942) of Bahrain was more interested in water. Holmes drilled artesian water wells in Bahrain; in return, the Sheikh awarded an oil concession to the Eastern and General Syndicate in 1925. [this from Wikipedia itself]

[@Ooooiops]

The strange fact is water is very cheap in Saudi Arabia & Gulf Arab countries! The government pays 80% of the water bill & 20% on the costumers! Lol

[@MasterCivilEngineering]

True dear

[@miladpourvali4904]

Persian gulf*

[@michaelvalmo]

I wonder what will happen when oil is gone. Prices of goods and commodities will spike and citizens will be unhappy.

[@snifey7694]

When you so rich that you could pay 80% of the public water

[@farmz3504]

Michael Valmoria yh that would be in about 30-60 yrs

[@tanzeelmohammed9157]

I lived in Khafji for 13 years and came India in 2008. Idk but when I heard Khafji have world's largest solar powered desalination plant,i had goosebumps 😭

[@seasesh4073]

Bro wtf same, my dad -uses- used to work in an oil rig near Kuwait with Aramco, so we lived in khafji for a while till he retired and we had to move back to the UK

[@randomdude9135]

What do you do in India? How do Indians treat you? I'm just a curious Indian.

[@x8w]

@@randomdude9135 he's indian

[@MultiSciGeek]

Good for you

[@Mesharii77]

Growing up in a small town in the middle of the desert in Saudi Arabia, I remember more than 20 years ago that we would get occasional cut of running water coming from desalination. But credit goes to the consecutive governments of Saudi Arabia for expanding desalination projects that we never had a shortage of water supply in small towns or anywhere. Now desalination factories in the Red Sea use solar panels as sustainable source of fuel for powering the plants.

[@Crashed131963]

For Saudi Arabia it sounds like disposal of the waste product Brine if more the problem.

[@Mesharii77]

@@Crashed131963 I'm sure that experts know better than me on how best to utilize the brine, but I think the impressive thing here is how desalination happened of this magnitude in a very harsh and vast environment. Goes back to 1974 when Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) was launched that now covers 4000 km of pipelines delivering water to households all over this massive land. The sea is about 800 km away from the house where i grow up in and i've witnessed how water scarcity in the desert is never an issue. As a Saudi seeing this unfold over the years, it is a job well done, long term planned, globally unprecedented, nearly impossible to imagine at the time and a great success story.

[@hamzamehmood1976]

@@Mesharii77 I hope you are grateful to expatriates for their services and hardwork

[@Mesharii77]

@@hamzamehmood1976 Of course. Expatriates has helped make Saudi Arabia what it is today. It is not easy having to relocate and live in another country away from home and family. I hope that they consider Saudi Arabia as their second home.

[@AliKhan-rj1vo]

Should make such desalination plants in our 'Balochistan' province of Pakistan too.

[@thefrub]

I've always wondered if planting saltwater mangrove trees along desert coasts will have an effect on the local climate. Trees release water vapor which becomes rain. Kind of a natural desalination plant

[@yanuchiuchihaanimegamesand3907]

It does have an impact, but a minor one over such a vast area. That approach is mostly used on Islands or River Deltas.

[@thisisanevilcorp992]

@Name Nachname I advise to buy Nestle shares anyway, and then if that happen cool, if not at least you don't die.

[@AhmedMohamed-cf9dd]

If this happend the end of the world is soon and it's will be The Day of Judgement , one of the signs of the Day of Resurrection is that the lands of the Arabs should return green lawns in islam relogin😅

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@Name Nachname so what should we do with that information and how is it related to water.

[@brianisme6498]

Doctor Medkit you’ll need a lot of trees, there’s about 36.8 tonnes of CO2 pumped into the air each year, while trees only take in 15.7 tonnes of CO2 per hectare. And while the Amazon does generate 20% of the worlds oxygen most of it doesn’t actually leave the rainforest as all the animals breathe it in before it can leave. What actually makes the biggest impact is phytoplankton, they produce 80% of the worlds oxygen, however phytoplankton are in danger as rising acidity levels are causing them to die and thusly lower populations and the amount of oxygen produced.

[@user-fk3we9nd8u]

سلام يا دار الكرامة و السعادة والسعود ارض النبي والصحابة واصحاب الأخدود

[@alexfang6784]

Kudos to Saudi Arabia for tackling this issue for the good of its people. I hope the country will continue to invest in renewable resources to power their desalination plants and thereby also diversify its economy. I suspect in the future the world's best desalination engineers may come from Saudi Arabia.

[@joycecornista7884]

I have been living in Saudi Arabia for more than 20 years and I did not experience any water shortage. Amazing country.

[@rowelito2010]

Same

[@Southnewssouthnews]

Where do u living? , I would like to come Saudi ,is there salt water, or can we drink sweet water

[@Adnancorner]

are you imbecile ? he clearly said they are desalinating water from sea.

[@Adnancorner]

@Oduokpe Ujiro i dont think so..oil is already finishing up

[@lamafiras5681]

@@Adnancorner you can't go around calling people imbeciles while you can't make a proper sentence

[@MajidAlGhamdi]

I really love the nature of comments here. They’re addressing the subject of the video and not branching to other unneeded topics. Thank you! 😊

[@koff41]

All oil below 5000 meters is non fossil, that is the true facts anyone can find! Most of the oil is none fossil. And oil regenerate also. All oil crisies are fake, the first one faked was in my town Stockholm. And co2 makes the planet green. Who is behind this propaganda channel.

[@n_adoui]

@@koff41 you sir are an idiot ! take this as a certificate PS : go learn organic biology

[@shipwrech909]

@Ezio Auditore you look at other people's insecurities to the extent that you forgot dealing with your own

[@KatariaGujjar]

@@koff41 Increasing CO2 makes planet green only with increasing fresh water and increasing forestation (increasing carbon-fixation capacity). But we have today increasing CO2 with decreasing fresh water and decreasing forestation. So, CO2 is warming instead.

[@dibrentley7915]

@@KatariaGujjar but the earth is greening.. see the nasa website for more details on that.

[@Keeblor]

Not trying to sound like a crazy person, but what if the just put all the desalination plants inland and pump the water from the ocean. Then make a man made lake to hold the brine and use the desert heat to evaporate into a flat like the salt flats in Utah. You could move these lakes every couple hundred of years to let it fully evaporate to harvest the salt. Use solar power for the pumps and plants, you're in the desert so it would be efficient with solar. I don't know? Saudi have leading scientists they know oil only last so long, time to invest in a new market.

[@harshavardhanpeddapalyam5164]

There are good technological alternatives in the interest of Environment that come at a cost. Cost is the big factor. desalination is already expensive process. Dumping the brine back in the Ocean is the cheapest option. Who's worried about the environmental damage afterall.

[@ooseevip]

The do harvest that salt, but the problem is there not much revenue because salt is very cheap

[@donniesavage2051]

That might make too much sense

[@koji.o]

@@ooseevip It's not about the revenue. It's about efficiency. Imagine, instead of large spending + environmental damage on the current set-up; it will be replaced with large spending + little profit from salt. You have a little more profit to fund the subsidy and eliminate the environmental damage of dumping megatons of brine.

[@pyrodude6320]

yes!

[@proofsofislampi]

You mentioned Arabia being wet in the past, but man is that an understatement. Arabia used to be so wet that even hippos used to live there, as archaeologists have found their fossils in the area. There used to be cycles of monsoon rain in the area that caused these wet and dry phases, so its likely that the same cycle will eventually continue and cause Arabia to become green again. Hopefully that's soon lol cus man that is a cool thought

[@youngpoormillionaire]

Our Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) predicted that one of the signs of Judgment Day would be that the land of Arabia would *return* to greenery and rivers, *as it once was* (reported by Muslim in his Saheeh). How our prophet knew that information back in the 7th century is amazing.

[@houseplant1016]

@@youngpoormillionaire Give me that verse.

[@user-nt4ep5ui5e]

الإسلام تنبأ بأن في نهاية العالم ، شبه الجزيرة العربية ستعود مروجًا وأنهارًا

[@user-nt4ep5ui5e]

@@c.m.b.7567 الإسلام أتى بمثل ما أتت به اليهودية والمسيحية ، لكن الديانة اليهودية والمسيحية تم تحريف البعض منها فأتى الإسلام بعدهن وصحح التحريف الذي حصل ، ولهذا ستجد بعض التشابه في هذه الأديان

[@gothenmosph5151]

@@user-nt4ep5ui5e Christianity distorted Judaism and Islam distorted both of them

[@faisalalmuhawes6701]

I really enjoyed reading the comments. So many educated people here

[@turkihadadi5092]

@I'm AnesonOD you just gotta ruin it with OKaY MuSilM like an idiot he was having fun reading the comments and praising how educated the people are. Also muslims aren't uneducated people like you think. They were the first to create a university. They also had a capital Baghdad that had the house of wisdom a humongous library filled with knowledge.

[@MrRinoHunter]

@@turkihadadi5092 is that before or after the Mongol burned Bagdad into the ground? What's the point bring up stuff from 1000 or more years ago? Your only making her point, bring up something more recent if you want to be taken seriously.

[@Omar-kw5ui]

@@MrRinoHunter if you want something more recent, go look up the percentage of people with university degrees is countries like saudi arabia vs for example Italy. There is a wiki article showing that the % of people with 4 year degrees in Saudi Arabia is higher than Italy, Austria, China, and so on. According to the list, Saudi is number 33 in the world. Which out of 195 countries make it top 16% or so. In fact, if you look at almost all muslim countries that havn't been bombed to the dark ages by the west, you find that literacy rates and tertiary education rates are very high. Egypt for example has free university tuition (if you get in, spaces are competitive). But then again, some of the highest education rates in the middle east were actually in countries like Syria, Iraq, and Lybia.. but we all know the common fate that these countries saw.

[@floydpitt7590]

@@turkihadadi5092 It _was_ a strange comment to make though to be fair.

[@human3213]

Omar Mateen khalil Lol most of the arab counties are in bad conditions onlya few are good

[@kanehi]

The brine from desalinization plants could be used to produce salt when dried in the sun and doesn't necessarily have to go back to the ocean with negative impacts

[@martonlerant5672]

Heretic! How dare you to use your brain, and distrupt our doomsday delusions!

[@stefanosnikolaidis552]

Or they can be pumped to the desert where nothing grows anyway...

[@Omar-if3vd]

Whats the problem here ? I thought they kept telling us the poles (that hold frozen fresh water) are melting and sea levels are rising. If thats true then the oceans are getting less salty anyways. So why worry so much about the brine? We are taking some water out of the ocean and returning the salt back in its not like we made the salt it was already in the ocean anyways. It just needs to be handled through several small pipes placed apart rather than a big single pipe so the brine isn't concentrated in one place and there you go. Problem solved.

[@imrepetrohai]

@@Omar-if3vd Good thinking but I think the volume of the brine is so large that you would need hundreds if not thousands of outlets to make the impact less harmful.

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

@luvz2skeet In Saudi Arabia they can just make roads and walls from it because there's no rain to dissolve it. Salt makes excellent roads through sandy deserts.

[@SharukhSaifi]

I am living in the capital of Saudi Arabia for more then 3 years now. There is no such thing as water shortage for people living here, at least for daily life of a normal person. Water is not expensive at all. Sometimes even cheaper then countries with lot of water resources.

[@jeltje50]

That really doesn't disprove that SA has a water shortage.

[@SharukhSaifi]

@@jeltje50 Maybe it’s have or it’s going to have but what I am saying is it’s not affecting people’s lives on daily basis.

[@nds5796]

@@SharukhSaifi it doesn't seem to be affecting the people's lives on a daily basis because the issue is being well managed by the government.

[@vicherd]

Next : The Philippines water problem - how to have destructive floods and water shortages at the same time

[@abdulrahmana8623]

its crazy that you actually have VERY accurate information!! i mean im Saudi so i do know these info but wow! great job! subbed too!

[@CommanderChef]

madone 05 Yes, sir. Hence the government opened applications for Tourism Visas. You can apply at anytime. 😄

[@ALilCrazyy]

@madone 05 AAAAh.. YEAH! Many non-Muslim expats live here very comfortably.

[@ums3705]

@madone 05 no we eat humans

[@CommanderChef]

Dr NikTofen Houthi's are targeting the capital city and southern cities, but their missiles get shot down.

[@SSADO-]

@Dr NikTofen On the *South* of saudi arabia.

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Saudi Arabia is about the only Arab country that I'd like to visit when I watch the horse racing which the Saudi,s love they all seem so polite and easily approachable, I know that desalination needs a lot of power to get it drinkable but surely with the solar power that is available it could be made more easily

[@mohammedfahad6955]

You’re most welcome in Saudi Arabia

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I must be paying for this quality content

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"There is No FREE lunch."

[@ABF27]

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[@rosedew7877]

My dad worked in desalination plants in Saudi Arabia for years. Proud of him

[@rosedew7877]

@Flying Spaghetti Monster what is so lol abt it? What your comment mean?

[@BBOYWORLD]

I saw these circles when my plane flew over canada, i never understood why there are disk , so its a water thing?

[@lourencovieira313]

Ye the irrigation system circulates around the crops

[@bircruz555]

Center Pivot Irrigation System. A network of pipes on wheels moving slowly in circles, the center pivot mining water from aquifers. Efficiently destructive.

[@BBOYWORLD]

Thanks for clearing it up, in the past i was like thinking they were shooting targets for the militairy 🤣🤣🤣

[@Macam2macam]

its ufo landing zone.

[@miliba]

i also saw lots of them when flying over the midwest

[@nachoih]

Am I the only one who think this is could be a vox video?

[@mongarcia3026]

Music and logo are even alike

[@team419]

better than a vox video lol thats an insult to this création

[@DoReMi123acb]

Please don't insult this channel.

[@wdalahly90]

Hhhhh me to

[@user-ov2fc5sd1e]

Oh yes, most definitely

[@Videodude35]

Your channel is so underrated man! Keep up the great work

[@jaydabliu]

Since I discovered this channel, I cant get enough of the content

[@paulmi3153]

Me too

[@AL-HD]

1:22 "Wadi - وادي" is an Arabic word literally translate to "Valley" in English

[@aaoaaa]

True, but in Saudi it is used for both valley’s and dry river beds and seasonal floods natural paths. So the information mentioned in the video is 100% accurate

[@azam_mq1041]

Wasi flow from the rain and the surface is dry يارب يجي مطر

[@kml9434]

@@aaoaaa in Arabic Wadi is used regardless dry or not.

[@KashifNawaz85]

Not always, here they used it for River mostly.

[@user-qv9tj3rb2d]

aaa we don’t have river in Saudi Arabia even in south there are no rivers

[@hussainshaffah6488]

1:08 when you showed Maldives 🇲🇻 i feel so happy. I'm proud Maldivian. In here my government managed to convert salt water to the drinking water. They do it by dissolving or separating salt and rain water. It taste like a same as rain water. Greeting from Maldives 🇲🇻

[@user-rh7zd7lt6v]

Your lands are beautiful 🇸🇦♥️🇲🇻

[@waleedalghamdi6267]

@@user-rh7zd7lt6v هلا

[@koff41]

I still wait for Maldives to sink Al Gore is furiouse. And rich people buy (i)land in Maldives. ;) So Hussain are you sinking or you admit its an fake news (fact).

[@AbdhullaNaaim]

Maldivian here 👋

[@ameliamasdukihasanhasan4033]

Saudi water is very good than in my country Indonesia ! Alhamdulillah ! I'm living in Ksa since 20 year I love Ksa

[@waal5231]

we love u too❤

[@sky55w2]

Yang bener bro masa lebih bagus

[@sky55w2]

Btw saudinya dimana

[@Reemalarawi]

@@waal5231 love you too💞💞

[@scottganley5591]

This has become one my favorite channels, well done!

[@user-ld4qt6ci7b]

Government: *heavily subsidizes water* People: *waste water* Government: *surprised Pikachu*

[@rafetizer]

People waste water even when its not subsidized. Probably more so in countries like the US.

[@gravelroad1228]

Rafe Tizer Yeah, but most Americans live in places with plenty of water. It’s ok to take extra long showers in the North Midwest, the Deep South, or Florida, because the groundwater constantly gets replenished by rain. Californians do waste water though.

[@user-ld4qt6ci7b]

@@gravelroad1228 ...and Californians get insane water subsidies, especially their agriculture, which consumes like half of their water.

[@dmannevada5981]

@@user-ld4qt6ci7b So, that subsidy feeds you. Duh.

[@user-ld4qt6ci7b]

@@dmannevada5981 It feeds me solely insofar as I am able to eat cotton, production of which requires the most water, which is to say, not at all. Besides, even if there was no agriculture in California whatsoever (or only for the less water-demanding crops like grapes, which are economical in CA's water situation), the US and Canada have plenty of space to grow food for California.

[@zayyanumuhammad356]

'The last Hour will not come unless the land of the Arabs once again becomes meadows and rivers.' Said by Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

[@the420secrets6]

Mohammed Sabah Uddin He’s not

[@saadebrahimkutty2148]

Agreed, summer season in Saudi rapidly decreasing and winter periods gets recent years. You can ask any veterans from Saudi Arabia.

[@correctionguy7632]

@Mohammed Sabah Uddin lol

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Ohh my god I expect these over religious people in comment section. Writing this type of comment doesn't makes you look good but an idiot who in scientific video will shove his religious views

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@Mohammed Sabah Uddin or what if they knew arabia was wet it's not some extra ordinary. Scientists need to prove things otherwise we could say anything but it needs prove

[@nik_evdokimov]

Great quality content, thank you for the research and video!

[@georgeisfullyamazing]

such insane editing man top top top quality

[@eringanley8342]

Thank you for consistently giving us great content, you bring to light issues that others around the world would never consider and present it in a clear, nonbiased way that's so easy to follow! Also... that opening shot, AMAZING!!!!

[@absolutegamert2889]

Let's also talk about the cameraman who captured the whole video from out of the world.

[@Allahuma.sali.ala.muhammad.]

You mean the satellite?

[@absolutegamert2889]

@@Allahuma.sali.ala.muhammad. *No, the flying cameraman*

[@ayoody3yeq]

@@absolutegamert2889 the hardest working man on and outside the planet. Bless him.

[@stealtho]

@@ayoody3yeq he survived through apocalypses, intergalactic explosions, what more could he do?

[@faizrizkih]

@didthelel - no shit Sherlock.

[@abo0odi]

عندما زرت القاهرة وأدفع ثمن السكن لا أجد قطرة ماء هذا وهي على نهر جاري ..وبالسعودية أين ماذهبت أجد الماء والحمد لله والشكر ... When I visited Cairo and paid for housing, I did not find this drop of water while it was on a running river ... and in Saudi Arabia, where did I go, I find water, praise be to God and thanks.

[@pakshirajan8585]

Team Neo, it's a very informative and entertaining video on the subject. It has covered so many sides with good storytelling, interesting footage and illustrations. Good game!

[@Manzoorkhan-ju8ix]

I visited Saudi Arabia few years ago and I was surprised to see most of the products are Home grown and meneral water is cheap

[@saanina]

Manzoor khan it’s actually not cheap if you take income difference between countries... compare the salary of an engineer in SA and in USA for example... huge difference.

[@mohammedmuneeb6888]

@@saanina Yeah, Saudi's per capita income is around just 30,000 Dollars BUT there isn't much wealth inequality in the kingdom (well except the royals and their relatives) as much as in the States. There is NO income tax in the kingdom and the VAT has been applied only from the past 2 years. And tertiary education is free for all citizens and heavily subsidized for long term expatriates (who make about 40-45% of the total population). As for you Americans, you guys stay in debt for way into your 40's 😂. Also Saudi Nationals are provided federal monetary assistance for various purposes like Housing and other things.

[@MS-qd1jj]

@@mohammedmuneeb6888 VAT has been pretty devastating though. Expats send their families home and foreign exchange flows out the country

[@mohammedmuneeb6888]

@@MS-qd1jj Well I personally don't think VAT is much of a deal. I know the current 15% is a bit extra, not gonna lie about that. See, I am from the UAE and we pay 5% here. But a person earning 25000 AED/SAR in Abu Dhabi can live a much more comfortable life in Saudi than in the UAE as cost of life is much cheaper there especially housing. Here in Abu Dhabi in case for an expat you won't find a decent flat for less than 60000 AED/SAR per year while in Riyadh you can get one for half the price at 30000 AED/SAR. I am not saying 15% VAT is low, but it's comparable to UAE as the cost of low is low as well. In the US most of the states have sales tax at 4-7% but then it again differs from city to city because of local tax which can hike the tax to about 12-13%. Plus you will have income tax which for most people will range from 24-32%. Then there is the property tax in case you are a property holder, which can range from 0.5% to 3% depending on the state you live in. You will find even higher taxation rates in Europe even though the average household income is similar in both Saudi and the other countries.

[@mohammedmuneeb6888]

@Chronoris Depends. Sometimes depression and cyclone in the Arabian Sea (which does happen a lot) causes heavy rains for days in most of the UAE and the eastern province of Saudi. Without any cyclone, it rains only twice or thrice the entire year. However the situation is different in the Northern Emirates in the UAE and the South western provinces in Saudi where it rains a lot and there is a lot of natural vegetation. Much of the local agriculture happens in these areas. In the northwestern part of Saudi, there isn't much vegetation or anything but it does rain regularly during the winter and sometimes snows as well.

[@christopherflack7629]

This is beautifully well researched and written. I watched your Egypt video and saw other positive comments. I learned an awful lot from this in just the first 3 minutes. Well done. Good luck and please keep releasing these.

[@neoexplains]

Thank you!

[@randalltorres1497]

Extraordinarily high quality video production. Excellent! - not mention very informative :-)

[@dubeg314]

Awesome content on this channel really good stuff bravo to the good work

[@user-ox3wz6qm5q]

Hi, I'm from Saudi and want to tell you that Saudi Arabia is working on a project in the RedSea to make sea water useable for people to drink or watering trees by solar power at a very cheap price compared to what it is now.

[@al-kalbi1322]

تكلم عن الشي هذا لما تكلم عن اكبر طاقه شمسيه

[@med9469]

الحمدالله حكومتنا تقدم كل شي لمصلحة الشعب والمياه متوفرة ولله الحمد 🇸🇦💖

[@mosamohammed1692]

وش يقولون

[@jayaramprabhu5595]

Even though you desalinate seawater, it's health hazard for consumption. You can use it only for agriculture & other domestic use.

[@zxera9702]

Yalaa habibi

[@mastankhadim.2091]

Whenever he say "saudi Arabia" it's sounds like " Sorry Arabia",😂😂😂😂

[@mohammadzaid6672]

Mr Desirable Lol

[@lam191]

@Agent J lol why do so many people in the comments like you talk like maniacs

[@lam191]

Oh it’s probably the Rick and Morty profile picture making you think you’re smart

[@spearhunked1369]

His lisp is really cute

[@lilrask9464]

Haha! Sounds like "Sorry Awaybia" .

[@Dnnw20]

I am from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia⁦🇸🇦⁩ thank you 🌷for this report. I realized that water needs to be rationalized, that Saudi Arabia is striving for us and for the stricken countries like Yemen and many other countries.

[@someone-wi4xl]

منتب سعودي لا تنصب

[@ushsgdbvx9397]

@@someone-wi4xl وشيقول

[@AbdoZaInsert]

someone ارحمني يا جهاز المخابرات انت

[@AlHuraizi]

يا رجل اليمن قد اتدمر من الحرب كيف ساعدتوها؟ 😂

[@user-dy1rj6mi9q]

@@AlHuraizi اللي دمرها الحوثي

[@AHMED-uh8kp]

تقريبا عندنا بكل محافظة تحلية للمياه من مياه البحر وبعضهم يشرب منه وبعضهم يطلب المياه للشرب من الابار الجوفية ، تقريبا الابار الجوفية نفضلها على مياه البحر داخل نجد . من ناحية الشرب والغسيل ما اظن اننا نستهلك بشراهه ، تقريبا الزراعه هي المصدر الاكثر لاستهلاك المياه

[@sh.1562]

5:41 Arabian gulf

[@aaaz8982]

كفو

[@udontknowme7798]

Persian gulf

[@AggressiveWarrior1]

@@udontknowme7798 It's Arabian Gulf and It's surrounded by only Arab even the ones who in Iran they ethnically Arab Marsh , Khamseh , Ahwazi all of them ARAB

[@yastheaustralian8590]

@@AggressiveWarrior1 no it’s Persian gulf always been and always been called that

[@Umayyadazi]

@@yastheaustralian8590 And so as canaanites, their lands have always been called land of canaan but apparently the UK, FR, US, and whoever supported the zionist movement decided to edit it and change its name to "The land of Isreal" Contradiction: 100

[@a_dbis]

انا سعودي ونفسي ارد على كثييير من التعليقات لكن مالي نفس خليهم يبحثون بنفسهم 🌚

[@farmz3504]

يب تشوف ههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههـ

[@farmz3504]

كثيرين يحسبون ما عندنا مباني ولا شي مب مثقفين المساكين

[@Scp-nh9yv]

عساس يعرفون شي في سعودية احب الشخص الي يتكلم عن مدينة كأنها عارفها لكن ابدا ماعمر زارها ولا يعرف اَي شي عنها

[@akhilkumarps]

the intro(title song & graphics) always give me goosebumps.

[@alvarodm]

It sure does. It makes me feel goosebumps too.

[@tejasbamane900]

Nice video , very informative, please upload videos on this channel regularly 'coz this channel is very good

[@AMJ.7]

As a Saudi, I can say that we no longer have water problems like we had before, Thanks to the efforts of the Minister of Water , and the efforts of the current government. Thanks 😉👍🏽🇸🇦

[@ic.xc.]

sounds like a propaganda comment lol.

[@andybarr6751]

God bless! Saudi is ruled by wise leaders

[@sikanderswig3230]

@UCU1Y1m3p3Xa_u7sS7y80kNA I dare you to say this nonsense in a front of a saudi man U will regret it LoL

[@kp5602]

@@ic.xc. How is "we dont have water problems" propaganda?

[@karthikv1638]

Arabic bots it seems 🤣🤣🤣

[@SethTheVictor]

"Don't waste water even if you are on the bank of a flowing river." -Prophet Muhammad (blessings of Allah be upon him).

[@spidey885]

❤❤

[@osamabinlackin1556]

Nice.

[@focast1825]

It is a shame how much water most waste on wudu 5 times a day. So many just leave the tap running until finished.

[@LeadMetal82]

@@focast1825 even on wudhu you are still encouraged to use as little water as possible. The misconception among many muslims is you need such a high stream of water for whudu where as the prophet can do it with as much as a single scoop.

[@LeadMetal82]

@@focast1825 you actually don't need to soak your head in water, not to mention until it drips down from your body, that's very wasteful

[@ladyazalea3710]

I had good time living in saudi (jeddah) for 5 years. I love shopping, i love their malls, the market! In jeddah, we are coastal and we always have picnics in parks around coastal:)

[@Scp-nh9yv]

Then why did you leave

[@saman-iw9tx]

Welcome any time

[@alexandercle]

Thank you very much, well made video and offer so much info. altc

[@Roger-99]

A bottle of water in SA cost about $0.26

[@GIVI727]

you can have bottled water in saudi for free everywhere

[@Darkest_matter]

Sir Roger because the government subsidizes the cost

[@soxx795]

Very highly subsidized...

[@kepodehandah07]

Mineral water imported products?

[@soxx795]

@@kepodehandah07 No, friend, the majority comes from the desalination plants

[@joechai3747]

Am I the only one who hears him say “wivers”?

[@bobdole877]

No way, I didn't even notice! I was too focused on the cwop ciwculs I guess

[@morriskaller3549]

He pronounces all his rs like ws

[@sreser111]

Hahahahah Suckering sucatashhhhhh...LOL he sounded like a cartoon. sad.

[@londonspade5896]

I can't stand listening to this guy, but the topics are interesting so I continue..

[@user-gh4wp6wz9y]

LondonSpade - i think he is a south korean

[@Irwin7488]

The Intro is just beautiful.

[@ecrusch]

Very interesting. Thank you. I've subscribed.

[@GIVI727]

despite of all their problem in the water this is the only country i know and in the desert that giving boxes of bottled drinking water and food everywhere for free. saudi people are very generous maybe this is why the people and the country are so blessed

[@GIVI727]

@something fun brother you can have bottled water in saudi for free anywhere and theres a free cold drinking water installed everywhere lols and go to public buildings you can see boxes of water in the entrance or lobby for free sometimes with free chocolates and delicious dates

[@3o9afa]

A very informative and accurate video. The government invested so much in educating the ppl about this problem especially in the early 20's. Sadly still many people don't care about this issue because of the low cost of water

[@markw6154]

Love these presentations.

[@adrienst.journy4652]

The aerial shots of the desalination plants were nice. This video was pleasant to watch,but made me thirsty. How lucky I am !

[@arpitchauhan4686]

*You need water to get oil and oil to get water or vice - versa.*

[@vCarpo]

This seems like a vsauce video

[@mk-rs5br]

They inject sea water in the oil wells so you don't need sweet water to get oil.

[@KamilHussainShaikh]

Everything is created in Balance.

[@ALilCrazyy]

@@mk-rs5br Great point

[@fahadbalhdad3171]

Saudi is now heading and support the green energy like solar

[@nawaf6352]

FYI: A bottle of water here is 0.5 Saudi riyals (around 0.14$) way more cheaper!

[@c0r5e]

nawafalafnan thats the small 130 ml one

[@nawaf6352]

@@c0r5e Nope its 330 ml

[@duanenavarre7234]

Combo idea, floating aquaponics over salt water on coast line. 1) raises fish and other sea life. 2) condensate captured for fresh water 3) sea salt is sold and is in demand 4) saltwater based plants grow to feed the fish and other sea life 5) conversion of water to a vapor has a 22 to 1 expansion ratio and could power low velocity power generation

[@ClariceAust]

Very informative, thank you.

[@Rerexx00]

I wonder how my ancestors survived in the middle of the desert with this hot weather and lack of resources

[@mrassasin1707]

Wells

[@user-xq1kt6ng7h]

I really don’t know but we stick together

[@user-tt9cr8pv7l]

@Tuatha DeDanaan she meant like a century ago not a thousands of years 🤣

[@zxvats]

@Tuatha DeDanaan Afrika was green about 6000 years ago. There was no human civilization at that time. Humans were member of wandering tribes. At some places it lasted 2500 years ago too.

[@dj8442able]

Why don't you ask to your ancestors? How would i know?

[@123azo0oze123]

Smart video smart production thanks & I hope all the best for my country Saudi Arabia

[@AlexVoxel]

I think that this is your best video by a mile

[@DCJNewsMedia]

Thank you so very much ❤️

[@arashfarahvashi7014]

THE BEST OF LUCK TO SAUDI PEOPLE ON THIS ISSUE, WATER IS LIFE, WATER IS PRECIOUS AND WATER SHORTAGES IS ALREADY A GLOBALLY CHALLENGE TO MAN KIND. GREETINGS FROM IRAN 🇮🇷

[@kp5602]

Best of luck to the People of Iran too Both of our countries have alot of desert and not much water.

[@milomal9969]

Im not trying to be rude but saudi arabia can just imported it from other country😐

[@tafftastic]

I've loved visiting Iran over the years. Fond memories of Shiraz, Mashad and Isfahan and many other places. Beautiful, kind people. Greetings from New Zealand.

[@rayanpol6114]

For sure peace will prevail between us someday..I just hope that it will happen in my lifetime 🇮🇷 🇸🇦

[@josephking1947]

With Desalination it would be possible to turn the deserts into an Oasis.

[@rovdjur]

Quality content as always 🔥

[@koff41]

Where? All oil below 5000 meters is non fossil, that is the true facts anyone can find! Most of the oil is none fossil. And oil regenerate also. All oil crisies are fake, the first one faked was in my town Stockholm. And co2 makes the planet green. Who is behind this propaganda channel.

[@Shiek.Yerbooty]

great journalism, guy or gal. cheers.

[@SaadonAksah]

awesome content!

[@squirrel_friend9829]

National Geographic could never! These videos r incredible!👌🏼

[@user-ox1mv7bw3u]

In the middle of desert Zamzam well in Makkah, always running and supply millions of pilgrims and local people with fresh, most clean and holy water and never dry

[@a.m.d5251]

Clash Of Thrones yea but none Muslims aren’t allowed to drink Zamzam water

[@19.xipsimanbagassoeryohadi27]

@@a.m.d5251 What? We are allowed to drink it

[@ziyadalsahli6932]

Red panda anyone can drink Zamzam

[@alieneater3328]

@@a.m.d5251 that is not true, yes it is a tradition in islam to drink it as it is seen as our version of the christian holy water, and it is very important in our religion. however, there is no rule in islam that says only muslims are allowed to drink it. you as a non muslim, are more than welcome to drink zamzam.

[@7amodmax]

@@alieneater3328 it's bottled and you can find it in most stores and if you buy it you can drink it

[@MrMhornberger]

It does help that desalination is getting cheaper and more efficient. Solar's plummeting price really helps that situation. And new technology like zero mass water (and other similar ventures) can provide at least drinking water at rates comparable to bottled water. But the prices for all of this will continue to drop.

[@telsurrey1]

In 1967, I was a teacher of English to Saudi Airforce personnel at Dhahran. We used to take trips to Jubail a little fishing village up the coast. Some went for the swimming, others, the fishing. It was a beautiful spot for both. Now it has the largest desalination plant in the world, and a huge industrial complex. Happy Days.

[@pyrimad8]

❤️

[@jinglebell9107]

If I haven't watch this, I'll be still thinking that those circles are oil tankers.

[@hanisrosli5484]

🤣🤣🤣🤣no its not

[@AgentSmith911]

I knew I would find you, Neo!

[@rupertgarcia]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@voicefromheaven99]

Who are u people

[@itlldoo6128]

Desal plant on solar powered ocean tankers, float around till full come to dock and pump out ! then they could go to any dock (area) that needs it

[@zh8en631]

I am Saudi and it is true that there is little water and it is possible that a dry year will come without rain and this is a big problem

[@Ak92e]

Nice video. I’m Saudi & There is a lot of information I did not know about

[@nowhereman6945]

abdullah alessa you dont know anything about whats goin on in your country..MAFI MOK

[@PassportGaming]

Quality content 👏

[@nziom]

The profile picture though

[@I_am_MaX_Frost]

Hello Neo Staff. I have a question at 04:00. What was that low at end of last century brought by? Br.

[@asdfgoogle]

Sweet music at the end.

[@alialghamdi.1804]

Saudi Arabia is doing a lot of effort in that field. I thought this video would mention the NEOM Solar Dome project, in NEOM, Saudi. The technology's goal is to produce low cost, environmentally friendly water. Solar dome technology has never been put in the field before, one of the big benefits of the solar dome is that you can adjust the brine output so you can make the brine really concentrated or you could make it less concentrated.

[@GeorgeMonet]

You can adjust the brine output in any desalinization system.

[@hashimbokhamseen7877]

my country finally viewed in good light. showing how it over comes challenges wich are taken for granted in many first world countries.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Well money can solve most of problems

[@Quantum-Bullet]

Harder to get water in a desert than in regions with regular rain.

[@liFE-gt6or]

QuantumBullet ✔️ there’s hundreds of thousands of land covered by mountains in Arabia around 380,000 km2 They’ll help a lot with water problems and those regions with lots mountains get tons of rain in the year It just seems they’re not been taken advantage of unfortunately there’s also quite a lot of lakes and the Red Sea which can easily solve everything

[@seasesh4073]

@@ShubhamMishrabro give idiots money and let's see how they solve their problems

[@diefaust4252]

@Someone Andnoone Yes thank the "Israelis" for following a book which orders the killing of infants too.

[@razzikhan1980]

Very good informative effort 👍

[@zonegamma8197]

very good content thanks a lot

[@horizonentertainment3129]

Brazil: *Rich in WATER* Saudi Arabia: *Continue...*

[@WithLove11]

No problem in water in arabia allah protect this country and area 🇧🇭🇸🇦

[@Xvladin]

Yeah but God isnt just like, randomly handing out water bottles y'know? Haha

[@ahmadabdallah9054]

@@Xvladin NO nobody know silly people like you not even funny

[@user-yz6eb9hb4t]

@@ahmadabdallah9054 yup

[@mansourrj9698]

@Elias Ziad You meant Iranians Houthis militias? Who killed Yemenis because they refused to be followers for A Terrorism regime in Tehran-Iran ?

[@majedalosaimi786]

Elias Ziad .. did god punish who killed millions in Iraq,libia, syria, and many others

[@lynpromDi]

Been 10years in Riyadh Saudi no shortage water but when i go vacation in Philippines water schedule 1hour morning 1hour afternoon the kitchen or toilet faucet are useless we need to stack water in a drum & container

[@MatheusTorezani]

I always wondered why they don't simply create some huge shallow ponds in the desert, pump in some ocean water, and cover the ponds, then, take the water that will naturally evaporate and turn it again to liquid state. They can also use export the salt that stayed in the ponds as a byproduct of this natural desalination.

[@itscoco4860]

I wonder I had discovered this channel earlier

[@eddym5532]

They have to forest with cactus that will help to start recuperating humidity.

[@oliverrojas7117]

Outside the topic of treating water by removing salt is treating water after it is contaminated with waste and how it can treated at the point of contamination before being diverted to a sanitation treatment plant.

[@masterdementer]

The Government sure provides water but its still not enough sometimes. Where I lived in Jeddah the house owner used to call twice for big water tankers in a month for which it's paid. Still it is not that too expensive, you had to pay about 60 Riyals (after it was equally divided between the number of houses in the flat) for it each month.