కువైట్: కూర్పుల మధ్య తేడాలు
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గత 10 సంవత్సరాలలో యు.కెలో కువైత్ పెట్టుబడులు (24 బిలియన్ల అమెరికన్ డాలర్కంటే అధికం) రెండింతలు అయింది.
<ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/allBreakingNews/idUKL5N0F41P720130628 |title=Kuwait fund says more than doubled UK investment in past 10 years |publisher=Reuters |date=28 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Fiona |last=Macdonald |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-30/kuwait-wealth-fund-doubles-investments-in-u-k-to-24-billion.html |title=Kuwait Wealth Fund Doubles Investments in U.K. to $24 Billion |work=Bloomberg |date=30 June 2013}}</ref> 2014 లో కువైత్ చైనాలో పెద్ద ఎత్తున పెట్టుబడి పెట్టింది. <ref>{{cite press release |first=Miyoko |last=Ishigami |url=https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticlePrintPage.aspx?id=2356947&language=en |title=Kuwait becomes top foreign investor in China RMB market |publisher=[[Kuwait News Agency]] |date=22 January 2014}}</ref>
== Water and sanitation ==
[[File:Kuwait Water Towers.jpg|thumb|The [[Kuwait Water Towers]] in Kuwait City]]
Kuwait relies on water [[desalination]] as a primary source of fresh water for drinking and domestic purposes.<ref name=scidi /><ref name=fao /> There are currently more than six desalination plants.<ref name=fao>{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/w4356e/w4356e0g.htm|title=Irrigation in the near east region in figures|publisher=[[Food and Agriculture Organization]]|accessdate=12 March 2016}}</ref> Kuwait was the first country in the world to use desalination to supply water for large scale domestic use. The history of desalination in Kuwait dates back to 1951 when the first distillation plant was commissioned.<ref name=scidi>{{cite journal|first=Mohamed|last=F. Hamoda|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011916401002594 |title=Desalination and water resource management in Kuwait|publisher=Science Direct|date=September 2001}}</ref>
In 1965, the Kuwaiti government commissioned the Swedish engineering company of VBB ([[Sweco]]) to develop and implement a plan for a modern [[water-supply system]] for Kuwait City. The company built [[Kuwait Water Towers|five groups of water towers]], thirty one in all, designed by its chief architect [[Sune Lindström]], called "the mushroom towers". For a sixth site, the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh [[Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah|Jaber Al-Ahmed]], wanted a more spectacular design. This last group, known as [[Kuwait Towers]], consists of three towers, two of which also serve as water towers.<ref>Kultermann 1981</ref> Water from the desalination facility is pumped up to the tower. The thirty-three towers have a standard capacity of 102,000 cubic meters of water. "The Water Towers" (Kuwait Tower and the Kuwait Water Towers) were awarded the [[Aga Khan Award for Architecture]] (1980 Cycle).<ref>Aga Khan Award</ref>
Kuwait's fresh water resources are limited to groundwater, desalinated seawater, and treated wastewater effluents.<ref name=scidi /> There are three major municipal wastewater treatment plants.<ref name=scidi /> Most water demand is currently satisfied through seawater desalination plants.<ref name=scidi /><ref name=fao /> Sewage disposal is handled by a national sewage network that covers 98% of facilities in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beatona.net/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1560&Itemid=84&lang=en|title=Regulations of Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Kuwait|publisher=Beatona|accessdate=12 March 2016}}</ref>
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