So how much water does Saudi Arabia desalinate? 2.18 trillion liters sounds like a lot, and it is. It would be enough to fill almost 1 million Olympic size swimming pools. But it's also very small compared to natural bodies of water. It would take Saudi Arabia 5000 years to create enough desalinated water to fill Lake Superior.
I am one of the few who got Kazakstan, partly because I have learned that it will never cease to surprise me, and partly because it big enough to increase the likelihood that it would appear on a greatest quantity of X quiz :)
I got nowhere for a while, until I tapped into the middle east (yes bad pun intended, though nearly unintentional). Ended up with 12, thought I would stay on 2-3 forever.
Surprised Peru, Morocco and perhaps Chile not on here. Maybe they lack the money to develop desalination plants, unlike the oil rich states. Surprised the US is,
Peru and Chile have a lot of natural fresh water sources, so I assume that's why they don't need to desalinate. I was surprised by Libya and Morocco not being on the list though.
I suspect that on the list of countries with the greatest length of water pipelines (large, long-distance ones, not regular water mains), Chile and Peru will both be somewhere near the top of the list. Argentina too, probably.
The Aliente DMV has very good water.
Israel cooperates with Jordan and others better than Las Vegas does.
Las Vegas floods sidewalks and streets, same at least since 1980.
Oops, I mean soon to be Aral Sea.