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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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