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How Saudi Arabia Cut the Desert to Save Entire Regions

14,000 kilometers of pipe. Welded together in open desert at 70°C. Pushed through mountains. Buried under sand that shifts every night. No rivers. No lakes. No rainfall worth counting. Just two seas full of salt — and a pipeline network longer than the diameter of the Earth to move that water to 35 million people. This is how Saudi Arabia built the largest water system ever constructed. And what it costs to keep it alive. Chapitres: 00:00 — Intro 00:30 — The Problem: No Water, No Alternative 01:00 — The Solution: 41 Plants, 14,000 km 01:37 — Challenge 1: Pipe Manufacturing & Transport 03:30 — Challenge 2: Terrain & Pipeline Construction 07:55 — Challenge 3: The salt 09:09 — Challenge 4: The Heat 10:16 — The real cost: $6.6 billion a year 11:50 — What remains today Sources: · Lattemann & Höpner — Desalination Journal, Vol. 220, 2008 · Dawoud, M.A. — Desalination Journal, 2012 · World Bank — The Role of Desalination in an Increasingly 2019 · Bloomberg Environment, 2021 · Arab News, 2023 · Al-Zubari, W.K. — Water International Journal, 2017 · ROSEN Group — Smart Pig Pipeline Inspection Technology, 2022 #megaprojects #saudiarabia #desalination #pipeline #engineering #infrastructure #water #desert Insider is about what happens after a country pours concrete — not the debate that came before.