How Saudi Arabia STOLE Water from the Ocean?!

Saudi Arabia is a country where more than ninety-five percent of the land is covered by barren desert, rainfall is almost nonexistent, and large rivers simply do not exist. Yet more than thirty-seven million people live and thrive here. How is that possible? The answer lies beneath layers of scorching sand: thousands of kilometers of steel pipelines that transport billions of liters of water every day from the shores of the Red Sea deep into the heart of the country. In this video, we take an in-depth look at one of the most remarkable engineering systems ever built. You will discover how massive desalination plants draw in seawater and transform it into clean drinking water by forcing it through powerful reverse osmosis membranes at a pressure of sixty atmospheres. We will show you how steel pipes nearly two meters in diameter are manufactured, transported across hundreds of kilometers, welded together in the middle of the desert, and laid into trenches carved through solid rock with explosives. You will also see the vital role of pumping stations, without which the water would not travel even a few dozen kilometers, and learn why every cubic meter of water here costs around five dollars. We will also take an honest look at the other side of desalination—the concentrated brine that must be returned to the sea and the enormous amount of energy the entire process requires. This is the story of how an entire nation challenged nature by building an invisible river of steel, transforming the salty waters of the sea into a source of life in the middle of a scorching desert.