Iran Conflict Threatens Water Supply for Millions

Attacks on Desalination Plants Make Water a New Issue in the War With Iran

Let’s discuss more repercussions of a foolish war with Iran surface. Water Is Now a Key Issue The Wall Street Journal reports Attacks on Desalination Drag Water Supplies Into the War With Iran An Iranian drone attack damaged a desalination plant in Bahrain, bringing the war to the oil-rich Persian Gulf’s most strategic resource: drinking water. The attack did material damage, the Gulf state’s Interior Ministry said Sunday. Iran hadn’t addressed…

Iran conflict threatens water supply for millions

As missiles fly and oil prices soar, the Iran war is exposing another major resource vulnerability in the Middle East: water. Fresh water has been a scarce commodity in a region defined by a dry climate and low rainfall, but attacks on the region’s desalination plants, which convert seawater into drinking water, threaten to open a new front.At least two desalination plants have been damaged so far in the conflict: Bahrain last week said an Irani…

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Water desalination plants damaged in Iran and Bahrain

IRANIAN and Bahraini water desalination plants have been damaged by attacks amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, officials from both countries said.