King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is a university that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
Saudi Arabia announces the establishment of a new international water research center
Saudi Arabia has announced the establishment of a new international water research center. The center was established in a partnership between the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), under the patronage of the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Eng. Abdulrahman Al-Fadley. The announcement was made […]
“Our AnMBR tech reduces energy consumption and volume of sludge biomass, while generating energy”
The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) aspires to be a leading center for scientific and technological education and research. Its Water, Desalination, and Reuse Center aims to revolutionize the water cycle by reducing energy and chemical use, minimizing leaks and evaporation, and maximizing the recovery of water, energy, nutrients, and minerals. Since […]
Dancing droplets’ new spin on water harvesting
A more efficient way to capture fresh water from the air could be inspired by a phenomenon of motion first glimpsed in bowls of breakfast cereal. KAUST researchers have observed that when water droplets condense from the air onto a cold surface coated with oil, the droplets commence a complex dance. This motion—akin to a process known […]
Saving desalination membranes from minerals and microbes
Treating seawater with selected chemicals before desalination could reduce biofouling and lengthen the lifespan of filtration membranes. Identifying the components of membrane antiscalants that cause biofouling could help make seawater desalination a more sustainable source of fresh water. "Safe drinking water is a human right," says environmental scientist Graciela Gonzalez-Gil, "yet roughly 800 million people […]
KAUST-invented mobile wastewater plant installed successfully in Saudi Arabia
Professor Pascal Saikaly and Dr. Muhammad Ali, a former research scientist at KAUST and currently an assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin, have recently completed the installation of the first KAUST-invented decentralized wastewater treatment and reuse unit in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. The mobile, 'plug&play,' modular technology is the fruit of the team's five-year research effort at KAUST that […]
Winds of change bring winter rain to eastern Arabia
Warmer waters in the central tropical Pacific in recent decades have led to shifts in atmospheric wind jets, bringing more winter rainfall to the eastern Arabian Peninsula and less to the south.
Making light work of emerging micropollutants in wastewater
Pulses of intense light could clean organic pollutants from wastewater.
How to create clean water using pulverized coal
KAUST scientists are developing a new technology that can produce fresh water for a fraction of the cost of current state-of-the-art solar desalination technologies.
Monitoring precious groundwater resources for arid agricultural regions
A framework designed to provide detailed information on agricultural groundwater use in arid regions has been developed by KAUST researchers in collaboration with the Saudi Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture (MEWA). "Groundwater is a precious resource, but we don't pay for it to grow our food, we just pump it out," says Oliver López, […]