Greenland contains the world's largest freshwater resource, which combined with the inland ice accounts for approximately 10% of the world's total freshwater resources. Calving on the ice sheet, and meltwater flowing into the Greenlandic fjords and the Greenland Sea create a vast potential to collect and exploit the ice and water, which in many locations is in a form clean enough to drink directly from the source.

There is a growing demand for fresh water on the world market, and the use of the vast water potential in Greenland may contribute to meeting this demand. The potential for water is manifold, since clean, fresh water can be used as drinking water and water for food production, for example, but also as bulk water for factories, farms or a contribution to bulk water supply. There are many possibilities. As 200 to 300 billion tons of water melt from the Greenland ice sheet every year, there is room for large and small projects.

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