BLUEBAN 813
UAE COASTAL INTELLIGENCE
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UAE coastline
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Most of the UAE's drinking water comes from about 70 major desalination plants on its two coasts.
Source: UAE Government portal (u.ae), Water ↗A Cochlodinium bloom spread across the Gulf of Oman and the Gulf. Reverse-osmosis desalination plants shut for up to four months, Fujairah's among them.
Source: IOC-UNESCO (2017), Harmful Algal Blooms and Desalination, Manuals and Guides 78 ↗The warning comes from the intake filters, a boat sample on a fixed calendar, or the public. Satellite images of this water are free every few days, but nobody turns them into a decision: is this unusual for this spot, and where should the boat go?
“The UAE drinks the sea. When the sea changes, the taps are at risk.”
BlueBan 813 watches the water in front of the UAE's intakes, beaches and ports from orbit. It flags water that is unusual for that exact spot and season, sends it to a person, then a boat, then a lab, and learns from every answer.
Theme: Water Quality & Inland/Coastal Water Intelligence. Built on open Sentinel-2/3 data, with Satellite 813 simulated from real hyperspectral pixels.