The winning team at the 2013 Green Ideas Expo, comprising Anjania Malpani, Dahrof Pakashi and Abhidi Soryeaih won a cash prize of US$2000. (Image source: Reed Exhibitions)
Three teams of youngsters in the UAE have won awards at the 2013 Green Ideas Expo for their projects in water and energy sustainability
Unique System FZE has built a platform for the Dubai Municipality that would provide real time monitoring alerts, warnings and 3D imagery on sandstorms in the region. (Image source: Unique Maritime Group)
The Dubai Municipality and a division of offshore turnkey solutions provider Unique Maritime Group unveiled a new sandstorm forecasting project at the Gitex Technology 2013 exhibition at Dubai World Trade Centre
The desalination plant is scheduled to open in 2015. (Image source: QEWC)
A US$450mn financing deal has been signed by Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC) and four local banks to fund the construction of a desalination plant
The Dead Sea is shrinking around one meter every year amid drought and pumping for mineral extraction. (Image source: Marco Zanferrar/Flickr)
Jordan has approved a US$980mn project to desalinate water from the Red Sea for drinking water needs
Water from the Gulf of Oman is often subject to harmful algal blooms, which the water treatment system will seek to remove. (Image source: Bryn Pinzgauer/Flickr)
Water technology company Xylem has announced that it has won a contract to provide a dissolved air floatation pretreatment system to help ensure an uninterrupted potable water supply to Abu Dhabi and the east coast of the UAE
