Solution to Water Security Threat

If reduced energy consumption and water security was to be accomplished through environmentally sound and sustainable methods, two of the four Pillars of Qatar’s 2030 Vision would be largely accomplished.

There is now a technology available in Qatar that will not only achieve water security for many hundreds of years but will also simultaneously reduce Qatar’s carbon footprint. It does so by working with nature in an environmentally harmless and completely sustainable process.

REDUCING QATAR’S CARBON FOOTPRINT

Since 1959, when a Scottish engineer, developed what is called “multi-stage flash evaporation” (MSFE), Arabian Gulf nations have ardently pursued this extraordinarily reliable but hyper energy-consuming technology to produce their drinking water.  

Today, Qatar’s fresh water is almost exclusively provided by desalination plants ostensibly utilizing those same MSFE methods. However, this method requires a significant share — more than one-fifth — of the country’s electrical generating capacity and more than 10 percent of the nation’s domestic natural gas consumption.  

57-years later, another Scottish engineer, with his own company registered in Qatar (Ron Daniel, GM of Composium Group WLL and author of this article) has developed a process that will reduce the typical energy consumption of desalination by approximately 20% regardless of the desalination method preferred; e.g. Reverse Osmosis, Multi Stage Flash Distillation, Multiple Effect Distillation, solar-powered desalination, etc.

Consequently, the production of fresh water will consume 4% less of the country’s electrical generating capacity and 2 percent less of the nation’s domestic natural gas. This new technology is called the Incrediwell Process.

The Incrediwell Process is a seawater extraction system that drains large volumes of highly-filtered seawater from below the sands of the seafloor. This unique technology delivers a multitude of benefits.  

q Reduction of Qatar’s carbon Footprint with sustainable delivery of less expensive Water and Power production.

q Natural and highly effective water filtration, maintained by constant wave actions, currents, tides and storms. Consequently there is no biofouling and therefore, no need for the toxic and carcinogenic biocide chemicals that have been used to keep open intakes operational.

Source: The Penninsula Qatar

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