{"id":11184,"date":"2021-02-22T12:34:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T12:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.alj3.clients.lemonhq.io\/in-the-news\/an-interview-with-fady-jameel-by-the-international-desalination-association\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T07:22:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T07:22:33","slug":"an-interview-with-fady-jameel-by-the-international-desalination-association","status":"publish","type":"inthenews","link":"https:\/\/cms.alj3.clients.lemonhq.io\/en\/in-the-news\/an-interview-with-fady-jameel-by-the-international-desalination-association\/","title":{"rendered":"An interview with Fady Jameel by the International Desalination Association"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/idadesal.org\/\">International D<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/idadesal.org\/\">esalination Association<\/a> speaks exclusively to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alj.com\/en\/our-people\/fady-jameel\/\">Fady Jameel<\/a>, Deputy President and Vice Chairman, Abdul Latif Jameel for the latest issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/idadesal.org\/e-library\/ida-global-connections\/\">Global Connections<\/a> magazine. &nbsp;The quarterly publication advocates the use of desalination, water reuse and advanced water treatment solutions to meet the global need for sustainable clean water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the feature, Fady discusses how the growing demand for water puts increasing pressure on the limited resources available and believes desalination and <a href=\"https:\/\/media.alj.com\/energy-and-environmental-services\/water-environmental-solutions\/\">wastewater treatments<\/a> are the most advanced available technologies in helping to overcome the water sustainability challenge.&nbsp; Globally, more than 300 million people around the world already receive their water from desalination plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An optimist by nature, Fady is hopeful for the future and the potential for the water industry to sustain our communities, project our planet and safeguard our future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWater is a key, if not the key, critical issue both for the planet and humankind.&nbsp; Innovating, developing and investing in processes and technologies that enable us, as a society, to provide an adequate supply of water for our communities, industries and agriculture \u2013 in a way that doesn\u2019t harm, but is in harmony with the environment \u2013 is one of the biggest challenges we will ever face.\u201d \u2013 Fady Jameel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.alj3.clients.lemonhq.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/FJ-IDA-Global-Connections-216x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fady Jameel Cover Story\" class=\"wp-image-84875\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11188,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-11184","inthenews","type-inthenews","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>An interview with Fady Jameel by the International Desalination Association - Abdul Latif Jameel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An interview with Fady Jameel by the International Desalination Association - Abdul Latif Jameel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The International Desalination Association speaks exclusively to Fady Jameel, Deputy President and Vice Chairman, Abdul Latif Jameel for the latest issue of Global Connections magazine. &nbsp;The quarterly publication advocates the use of desalination, water reuse and advanced water treatment solutions to meet the global need for sustainable clean water. 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