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Qatar: Country Intelligence Profile
Understand Qatar through its resources, water services, institutions and documented infrastructure developments.
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Department of Energy, Abu Dhabi Emirate
Abu Dhabi’s energy and water sector regulator, overseeing a desalination-led supply system shifting to reverse osmosis while groundwater is drawn far beyond natural recharge.
First published →Hamburg, GermanyHAMBURG WASSER
Hamburg’s city-owned water and wastewater group, supplying around 2.3 million people from groundwater while turning its treatment plant into an energy and resource-recovery hub.
First published →Greater Copenhagen, DenmarkHOFOR
Greater Copenhagen’s multi-utility for drinking water and wastewater across eight municipalities, investing in cloudburst protection while rebuilding a thin supply buffer.
First published →Urban Intelligence
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Riyadh
An inland desert capital supplied mainly by desalinated seawater pumped from the Gulf coast, extending its networks, treatment and storage to keep pace with rapid growth.
First published →ChinaGuangzhou
A Pearl River Delta megacity with abundant river water passing through but limited water of its own, building new sources and backup supplies to reduce that dependence.
First published →AustraliaMelbourne
A city supplied mainly from protected forest catchments that are drying, with desalination increasingly filling the gap between falling inflows and a fast-growing population.
First published →National Intelligence
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United Arab Emirates
A federation of seven emirates with almost no renewable fresh water, which depends on desalinated seawater and on groundwater that is largely not replenished.
First published →Arabian Peninsula · Middle EastQatar
A small, almost entirely urban state without rivers or lakes, which desalinates virtually all of its drinking water while its farms draw on aquifers well beyond their natural recharge.
First published →Arabian Peninsula · Middle EastSaudi Arabia
An arid kingdom with almost no renewable water, moving its supply away from fossil groundwater towards desalination and reuse while it restructures how water is governed and financed.
First published →News
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