A recipe for contingency in the MENA region
- From: Vol 11, Issue 3 (March 2010)
- Category: Market insight
- Region: Middle East
- Country: United Arab Emirates
- Related Companies: Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority , Dornier, Office National de l’Assainissement (ONAS), Schlumberger Water Services and Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority
Adam Heffill and Emilie Filou look at the challenges of aquifer storage in the Middle East and North Africa.
In the Middle East, aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is being driven by the need to increase emergency storage capacity for cities that rely almost entirely on desalinated water for their supply.
The Gulf’s large desalination plants are vulnerable to a host of issues, including power cuts, oil spills and algal blooms, and contingency planning has meant that a ...
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