Gulf states produce 40 percent of the world’s total desalinated water through more than 400 plants.

The petrostates of the Gulf are famed for their vast oil and gas resources, but their populations and prosperity have also been built on another commodity: water.

Three companies are leveraging modern technology to reshape the future of commercial desalination, making the process cleaner, smarter, and more cost-effective, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Desalination plants convert seawater into fresh drinking water by removing salt and other minerals. The most widely used ...

MIDLAND, Texas — Water has always been a concern in West Texas. With little rain and other issues, the supply is always in question. One solution brought to attention by State Representative Brooks ...

Destroying the facilities is a violation of international law that could cause a humanitarian crisis in the most water-scare region on Earth. Powering the plants with electricity from fossil fuels ...

(KERO) — You may have questions about the "desalination" process and how it works. A large part of how the process works involves what's called "reverse osmosis." The article "History of Water Filters ...

Clean freshwater is critical for sustaining human life. However, 1.1 billion people lack access to it worldwide. Desalination represents an increasingly popular way of addressing this. Desalination is ...

Flash evaporation represents a rapid phase change phenomenon whereby a superheated liquid is exposed to a sudden drop in pressure, resulting in nearly instantaneous vapour formation. In the realm of ...

The military targeting of desalination plants poses a huge risk to water security in the water-scarce Gulf region.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIT’s desalination device makes seawater drinkable (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Researchers have invented a desalination device that ...