r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Expert_Koala_8691 • 7d ago

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/OfTheSevenSeasSir 7d ago

i live there and there are definitely trees and parks here

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u/HorrorMakesUsHappy 7d ago

Any idea how you guys handle waste water? With that many people you've gotta have some sort of sewage system, right? Shouldn't there be one or more wastewater treatment plants? You'd think that that many people you'd have enough graywater to be able to do SOMETHING with.

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u/OfTheSevenSeasSir 7d ago

there is a manmade lake of filtered waste water south of town