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Water security

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Dewa generates, transmits and distributes power and potable water throughout Dubai. Victor Besa / The National

Utility Dewa creates unit to develop energy and water projects worldwide

EnergyJune 21, 2026
Yemenis collect water from a donated tank amid a severe shortage on the outskirts of Sanaa, December 11, 2001. EPA

The world is missing global water targets

CommentJune 05, 2026
Flooding has done little to replenish Syria's depleted groundwater reserves. AFP

Flooding masks Syria’s ‘catastrophic’ water shortage caused by illegal wells

MENAJune 03, 2026
The National

Shadi's take on the water crisis in Gaza

CartoonJune 02, 2026
Floodwaters in Syria's Deir Ezzor province after heavy rain and the opening of dams in Turkey pushed the Euphrates to its limit. AFP
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Euphrates River flooding recedes in eastern Syria

MENAMay 31, 2026
Water has stopped being the invisible utility beneath the global economy. Getty Images

Why water rights will become the asset class of the 21st century

EconomyMay 23, 2026
The Port of Fujairah, where EtihadWE's next water desalination plant will be developed. Photo: UAE Presidential Court

Fujairah to get $285m water desalination plant

BusinessMay 05, 2026
The teams will now move into the real-world testing phase of the challenge. Getty

Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative announces finalists for agriculture challenge

UAEApril 30, 2026
The National

Shadi's take on Gaza's water crisis

CartoonApril 29, 2026
Saroj Kumar Jha, the World Bank's global water director, says it is crucial to reframe water from a public good into an asset class. Salim A Essaid / The National

Water mismanagement is already damaging economic growth, World Bank warns

EconomyApril 24, 2026
The Gulf is one of the most water-scarce regions in the world, with per capita natural water availability far below the global average. Chris Whiteoak / The National

How the UAE and its Gulf neighbours can help keep a thirsty world hydrated

CommentApril 17, 2026
A woman washes clothes at an irrigation pump in Manikganj, Bangladesh. Annual water spending in developing countries totals about 0.5 per cent of their GDP. Reuters

World Bank taps private capital to build water economy and protect 1.7 billion jobs

EconomyApril 15, 2026
The UAE has used its considerable experience in desalination to set up water plants as part of its aid to Gaza. Pawan Singh / The National

Striking critical infrastructure sets the Gulf on a dangerous path

EditorialMarch 31, 2026
Kuwait's electricity and water network remains stable, despite the latest Iranian strike. Andrew Henderson / The National

Kuwaiti power and desalination plant hit in Iranian strike

EnergyMarch 30, 2026
Inside the control toom at Al Khobar desalination plant on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia. The kingdom has more than 2000 desalination plants. Photo: Sky News Arabia

Iran's strike on desalination plant brings Gulf water security into focus

EnergyMarch 08, 2026
Matt Damon and Gary White of the Water.org nonprofit organisation at one of their initiatives in Indonesia in 2018. Photo: Water.org

Water shortages: Why 'world's greatest challenge' is solvable

UAEJanuary 15, 2026
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