In March, attacks on water infrastructure in Qeshm Island, Iran, and in Bahrain (1) drew attention to how quickly disruptions can threaten potable water supply in the Middle East. Across the Persian Gulf region and Israel, desalination supplies a dominant share of municipal drinking water. Centralized desalination plants enable economic growth and urbanization in some of the world’s most arid environments (2, 3) but make the region vulnerable to damage from geopolitical conflict (4). This risk highlights the need for Middle Eastern countries to strengthen the resilience of desalination infrastructure.
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