How Saudi Arabia Gets Water Across the Desert

A glass of water in Riyadh can begin its journey in the sea—hundreds of kilometres away. So how does Saudi Arabia remove the salt, move freshwater across the desert and keep an inland capital supplied? Join Morrow as we follow the story from Jeddah’s early desalination boilers to modern reverse osmosis and one 412-kilometre Jubail-to-Riyadh pipeline project. Along the way, discover why pumping water uphill takes so much energy, how storage keeps cities supplied, and why brine, ancient groundwater and desert farming complicate the achievement. Making freshwater is only the beginning. Getting it to the tap is another story. CHAPTERS 00:00 The Tap in the Desert 01:18 Boiling the Sea in Jeddah 02:27 A National Network and Reverse Osmosis 04:17 Four Hundred Kilometres Inland 06:41 The Cost at the End of the Pipe Subscribe to Morrow for extraordinary stories behind the countries and companies you already know. Presented through stylized 3D illustrations and simplified engineering graphics. #SaudiArabia #Desalination #Engineering