Answer to UAE’s water security crisis could lie in Pakistan, says head of Geowash

[S.U.R.B.]

Fuhgeddaboudit!

 

[saiyan0321]

We waste so much in floods we turn blessings into curse


Open the pipes during floods only that seems like a better more sustainable option

I can get on with that... Flood water and water that is being wasted in the Arabian sea. We export the water and while exporting we build more channels and canals so that in some years to come we can utilizs enough of it to lower the water export and keep it to floods. Its a joke that we can get floods in one city and drought in another however the govt is not smart enough to play the game. If cards are played smartly we can really pay off but these guys are only good enough to sell stuff.

Create two pipelines. They provide gas and we provide water. Also we need barrels of oil.

 

[Dubious]

Hi,

Actually this is a wonderful idea---. First my brother wanted security---now he is in need of water---. What better opportunity of getting closer.

It is amazing----you shut one door---and another wants to open up.

What they are asking is surplus water and nothing more----.

I personally believe that a bond must be created between the two of us that ties us at the hip---so that each may feel the need of the other at every step---.

it is true uncle but I seriously think Pakistan should take care of its own water problems first before offering it overseas! We have agriculturally important crops in areas that suffer drought which gets neglected while people wonder what to do with flooded regions ...if after that we have surplus we can sale it!

 

[shah1398]

It would be a great move if realized. Someone should utilize that water if we are not.

 

[Dubious]

I can get on with that... Flood water and water that is being wasted in the Arabian sea. We export the water and while exporting we build more channels and canals so that in some years to come we can utilizs enough of it to lower the water export and keep it to floods. Its a joke that we can get floods in one city and drought in another however the govt is not smart enough to play the game. If cards are played smartly we can really pay off but these guys are only good enough to sell stuff.

Create two pipelines. They provide gas and we provide water. Also we need barrels of oil.

lolz I would say create more pipelines when sending them water make sure it passes our own drought area so they ONLY get surplus water

 

[MastanKhan]

it is true uncle but I seriously think Pakistan should take care of its own water problems first before offering it overseas! We have agriculturally important crops in areas that suffer drought which gets neglected while people wonder what to do with flooded regions ...if after that we have surplus we can sale it!

Hi,

It has been a few days since you posted----. They are only asking for the water that is being wasted---overflow---surplus----.

So---here is how to work it----ask them to build you something a water supply for the locals----a canal or two---so the locals can be happy----maybe another dam----.

 

[Madali]

Don't you guys have a water problem?

Starved for Energy, Pakistan Braces for a Water Crisis - The New York Times

 

[PaklovesTurkiye]

It is amazing to see how that person cares about his nation/city. Respect.

At least water will be used with precaution and for good. Pakistan also must learn from these men and should wake up else will be too late.......

I have heard that after 25-30 years, there will be shortage of water in Pakistan. Why just we don't hang all these thugs in parliament and do something good for our country? When? When? When?

 

[Moonlight]

No wait many people in Pakistan do not even have water to drink. Even there's water shortage in city like Karachi. We should firstly provide it to our people, drought lands before shipping it. Nai?

 

[Baloch Pakistani]

May be Anwar Gargash was talking about this type of "Dire Consequences"...

 

[django]

@Color_Less_Sky @django
@Mr.Meap @waz @WebMaster

We definitely need to build Kalabagh dam to reduce the flooding and utilise the saved water for power generation, as for supplying water to the UAE, if it's feasible and we have a surplus, why not, it's not like we are going to give it for free.

 

[MastanKhan]

Don't you guys have a water problem?

Starved for Energy, Pakistan Braces for a Water Crisis - The New York Times

Hi,

We don't have water " problems ". Otherwise we would have done something about it.

---we waste a lot of water---it is the wasted water that they are asking for.

Hi,

It is amazing how many stupid posts just pop up----. Suddenly----it is we and us---and our shortage----well---if we had shortage---wouldn't we fix it----are we that stupid that we can fix our water problems---.

 

[Hyperion]

Over the dead bodies of Sharif family and other Wahabis..........

 

[313baberali]

Answer to UAE’s water security crisis could lie in Pakistan, says head of Geowash

Abdulla Al Shehi plans to connect a Pakistani river to the UAE through underground tunnels in an attempt to irrigate the emirates. Mona Al Marzooqi / The National
Naser Al Wasmi Jan 02, 2016
ABU DHABI // The answer to the UAE’s water shortage could lie in a pipeline from Pakistan, according to an Emirati businessman.

Abdulla Al Shehi, chief executive of Geowash, has written a paper suggesting an underground pipeline from Dasht, a river 500 kilometres away in Pakistan, to Fujairah.

“Technology is not a problem. We are at an advanced stage in engineering where it is possible politically as well. I don’t think there will be any problem. It is beneficial for both countries,” he said.

He said the Dasht River floods annually, which prompted the Pakistani government to empty the excess water through channels leading to the sea. That excess water, said Mr Al Shehi, could be put to use in the UAE.

The idea may sound far-fetched, but Mr Al Shehi is something of a specialist in saving water.

Since its inception, Mr Al Shehi has run Geowash, which washes a car using only four litres of water, compared to the 220 litres conventional cleaning takes.

Mr Al Shehi’s technique has allowed the company to save 500 million litres of water since 2008.

The pipeline, if built, would not be the longest – that honour belongs to Turkey’s 9,300km pipeline in the Harran Plain.

Nor will it be the most difficult feat of engineering. However, it would face other issues that Mr Al Shehi admitted.

“There will be an environmental impact. There might be a negative effect, which I think is minor,” he said.

“However, the benefits in saving water from desalination and the amount of biological life it will spur will offset the effects.”

However, for Professor Hussein Amery, who wrote a book titled Arab Water Security, the concept of creating a pipeline is fraught with political issues.

“I won’t discuss the economics of engineering challenges. I am suspicious of a project of this sort, because let me remind you that Qatar and Kuwait both have explored importing water from south-west Iran,” he said.

The problem with creating cross-country pipelines, he said, was that it created a security situation where a nation is dependent on a neighbour – described by Prof Amery as “hydro-dependency”.

“Gulf-Pakistani relations are different than Gulf-Irani relations. I am totally aware of that, but the engineering would be challenging and difficult considering the terrain,” he said.

He said that the political and technological hurdles can be overcome, but even then, the idea still would not be efficient.

“We use a very small amount of water in our homes in the Gulf states,” he said.

“Anywhere between 70 to 80 per cent goes to agriculture.

“It’s much cheaper and much more efficient to have the Pakistanis grow wheat and feed cows, then export the food [than import the water and grow food locally].”

Furthermore, he said, the UAE relies heavily on a very energy-intensive water source.

“The biggest threat is that it [the UAE] is hyper-arid and it doesn’t have any permanent water source, which created the reliance on desalination technology, as such it has become the destiny for the Emirates and other Gulf states,” he said.

Dr Ahmad Belhoul, chief executive of Masdar, said although it is investing heavily in researching renewable energy to provide energy to desalination plants, he welcomed new ideas, especially as the year of innovation comes to a close.

“I think that the very spirit of creating a company like Masdar is to encourage people to come up with ideas, some which are very practical and others more ambitious,” he said. “Either way, it warms my heart that Emiratis and expats alike are thinking proactively of solutions.
Answer to UAE’s water security crisis could lie in Pakistan, says head of Geowash | The National
So in short we will have the option of exporting our floods sounds good to me
@MaarKhoor @DESERT FIGHTER @Ammara Chaudhry @WAJsal @DesertFox97 @haviZsultan

No ,as upstream in general musharaf period,dam is constructed,due to which down stream population is depended on that water for irrigation purpose,and it is not all season flowing river,when you google you see increase of green feilds alond the dasht down stream,sencond tunnel is made the it will made land erosion
‘Land erosion threatening Navy installations’
Its better they invest in road network as part of cpec underwater/underground tunnels from gawadar to oman or uae or from ommara to oman.contains railway lines as well as oil gas pipe lines ,as a package,or connect by bridges.what ever is do able

Why not a pipeline near the delta region where the indus merges with the sea?

Is advice say behtar hy invite them to rule Pakistan

 

[MastanKhan]

No ,as upstream in general musharaf period,dam is constructed,due to which down stream population is depended on that water for irrigation purpose,and it is not all season flowing river,when you google you see increase of green feilds alond the dasht down stream,sencond tunnel is made the it will made land erosion
‘Land erosion threatening Navy installations’
Its better they invest in road network as part of cpec underwater/underground tunnels from gawadar to oman or uae or from ommara to oman.contains railway lines as well as oil gas pipe lines ,as a package,or connect by bridges.what ever is do able

Hi,

Please expand on your post----.