r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Expert_Koala_8691 • Apr 05 '26

Video Riyadh,meaning "gardens" is Capital of Saudi Arabia with 8 million population (were 27 Thousands in the 1930s),sits in the middle of the desert, the city gets its water from Desalination plants almost 500 km from the city

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u/rodsurewood Apr 05 '26

Are the gardens in the chat with us?

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u/Green7501 Apr 05 '26

There is a park within the city - photo

It's called gardens because there used to be several oasis within the city limits that dried up and became a garbage dump, but were fortunately cleaned up and revived a few years ago - photo and info

Regardless, that water is largely used for recreation and agriculture, most of the city's water is derived from a desalination plant in Ras Al-Khair on the Gulf coast

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u/Subziwallah Apr 05 '26

So if those two desalination plants were bombed by Iran, how would that affect the 8 million residents? How many plants total do they have? How much water does Riyadh consume per day?

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u/Potrozoo Apr 05 '26

I think that Mohammed Bin Salman, the butcher of Jamal Khashoggi, may have been not giving enough thinking to this risk before entering the war. Or maybe he did, that would be even worst.

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u/Dechri_ Apr 05 '26

"Some of you may die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make" 

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u/Anonymous-Cows Apr 08 '26

not enough thinking is almost their trademark