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Have not those who disbelieveHave not those who disbelieveHave not those who disbelieveHave not those who disbelieveknown that the heavens and theknown that the heavens and theknown that the heavens and theknown that the heavens and theearth were joined together as oneearth were joined together as oneearth were joined together as oneearth were joined together as oneunited piece, then We parted them?united piece, then We parted them?united piece, then We parted them?united piece, then We parted them?And We have made from waterAnd We have made from waterAnd We have made from waterAnd We have made from waterevery living thing. Will they notevery living thing. Will they notevery living thing. Will they notevery living thing. Will they notthen believe?then believe?then believe?then believe?
 
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WATER SUPPLY BY SOLOAR THERMAL EVAPORATION METHOD
1. BECOME INDEPENDENT
Even though water is available in sufficient quantities all around the world, there isdefinitely a shortage of potable water in many countries. And due to our exploitation of natural resources this shortage is steadily growing.To overcome this problem, especially the Gulf Countries, but even so many other of theindustrialized nations, use a lot of nonrenewable energy from their oil or gas resources toproduce desalinated water from seawater in multi-effect evaporators, or run highlysophisticated osmosis units, which are depending on high voltage energy. In fact, someof these huge desalination plants will only go along with their own power stations, fed byeither oil or gas.All these high-skilled operations, consuming large amounts of energy are solelyconstructed, being built, operated and serviced by global operating and purely economicorientated industry-pools, which goal it is to make themselves indispensable and tosecure a long term dependency of their technology and their services.Their policy is to ensure the clients that these methods are to be considered the mostpractical way of desalinating seawater, since the shortage of drinking water securing ademand orientated pricing for them, whereas the real costs are always being calculatedand hidden within the relatively “cheep” supply of oil or gas in the producing countries.But if we now take into consideration that there is, and always has been, a God-givenenergy resource that is totally free of charge – all this is a rather naive assessment of thesituation and only serves the interest of a global operating industry, operating in amanner as if there is never an end in sight.Naturally the shortage of potable water occurs at places of high solar radiation and againmost pressing during hot summer month of maximum solar radiation.Would it not only be natural to use this solar energy for water desalination? It is in fact aprocess which has taken place ever since the sun shone on this earth. Or does the raintastes salty? Solar desalination could be the most successful application of solar energy,together with solar air conditioning, in hot climate countries.So why not bringing back this knowledge, that goes back to the fourth century BC, whenGreek sailors used to obtain drinking water from seawater. The very first work publishedon desalination was that of an Arab alchemist in 1551.Why not bringing back this knowledge where it is needed most, where it belongs?
DE-REGULATED SEAWATER DESALINATION AS A CHANCE FOR WATER SUPPLY
2. THE WATER-WEB
The provisions of drinking and utility water from seawater have become a globalchallenge, and people around the world are working on innovative technologies andprocesses to make water resources sufficiently available. Around 13.000 major seawaterdesalination plants are currently operating and producing a total of 3 Billion cubic metersof drinking water per day with an upward tendency. Seawater desalination has developedinto a worldwide growth market where the need dictates the prices.
 
Ever since the 1970s, modern desalination processes have been developed ininternational, large scale research projects. Throughout the years it was mainly Germancompanies and research institutes that laid the foundation for this rapid development of seawater desalination with innovative methods and technologies. But in the recent years,nations like Korea, Italy, the UK, France, USA and Japan have caught up on thetechnology and are dominating the world market. Still German companies have alwayshad a considerable knowhow in the field of seawater desalination, especially when itcomes to using alternative energy methods.
 
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The wind of change fortunately does not pass by without being recognized by responsiblethinking and agitating individuals or institutes in areas of concern:
Research News
 
New Qatar lab will look at desalination and energy
 A programme to set up the Qatar Sustainable Water & Energy Utilization (QWE) Laboratory waslaunched on 21 April 2009
 
 At the Texas A&M University at Qatar. It will help Qatar to address pressing water and energy problems including desalination.
  Announcing the programme, the deputy premier and minister of energy and industry, HE Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, said the centre initiative was a realisation of the productive working relationshipbetween the energy and industrial sectors and Qatar's research and educational institutions to serve theneeds of the community.The deputy premier also said that Qatar's general electricity and water corporation, Kahramaa, waslooking in depth at all possible technologies used in power generation/water desalination systems aswell as state-of-the-art designing tools to optimise designs for environmental protection and maintainsustainable resources, especially the main sources for electricity generation and water production. Al Attiyah also said that using solar and nuclear power in electricity generation and water desalinationwere the way forward in creating a sustainable and environmentally friendly system in Qatar. Dr Patrick Linke and Dr Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, two chemical engineering professors at the university,will lead the initiative and work towards developing the scientific and technical base required. The project will have an advisory board with key representatives from the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture, the General Secretariat for Development Planning, Mesaieed Industrial City, Kahramaa and Qatar Petroleum.The technical areas of QWE will be diverse yet coordinated: Environmental impact assessment of water and energy use, Minimization of water consumption and discharge, Maximization of industrial energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions, Improved technologies for desalination,Tailored water treatment systems for efficient water and wastewater management, Hazardous waste management,Systems design and optimization for maximum economic and environmental performance.
 
The Oman situated Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) takes upsimilar principles and combines research, scholarship and training to a peacefullybonding philosophy for all participants in need:
 MEDRC Overview
 
The human demand for fresh water outstrips our natural supply. Increasingly, even in water rich regions, humanengineered desalination is augmenting nature. Nowhere, is the issue of water supply more critical than in the Middle East where competition for precious water resources is a potential threat to peace. MEDRC's Mission is to promote cooperation on the vital topic of water scarcity in the Middle East. The mainobjective of the center is to build international project advisory boards and international research partnershipsthat contribute to lowering the cost of desalination technology, making it more affordable to resolve long termwater scarcity needs in the Middle East and North Africa region. This mission has led to a new research strategygeared to granting funds to research project teams composed of organizations and individuals that had never before considered working together.
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