‘The Line’ is Saudi Arabia’s bold vision for the future of civilisation: an ultra-modern city designed to house one million people and be entirely pollution-free. But there’s one problem – it’s in the middle of the desert. And cities require a lot of water.

Enter the Solar Dome, a new desalination system built on existing technology. It’s supposed to be a low-cost, efficient and carbon-neutral way of turning saltwater into fresh water.

With water scarcity already threatening the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is the world leader in desalination, but the process does pose problems. In this video, we take a closer look at the environmental costs of desalination, and how new innovations like the Solar Dome are trying to tackle these issues.

View the original video here.

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