{"id":224726,"date":"2026-05-09T14:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=224726"},"modified":"2026-05-09T14:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:54:34","slug":"the-vulnerability-of-middle-east-desalination-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=224726","title":{"rendered":"The vulnerability of Middle East desalination | Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s most arid environments (2&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aeh1136\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March, attacks on water infrastructure in Qeshm Island, Iran, and in Bahrain (1) drew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":224727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bhr"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/224726-the-vulnerability-of-middle-east-desalination-science.jpg",800,450,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/224726-the-vulnerability-of-middle-east-desalination-science-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/224726-the-vulnerability-of-middle-east-desalination-science-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/224726-the-vulnerability-of-middle-east-desalination-science-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/224726-the-vulnerability-of-middle-east-desalination-science.jpg",640,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/224726-the-vulnerability-of-middle-east-desalination-science.jpg",800,450,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/224726-the-vulnerability-of-middle-east-desalination-science.jpg",800,450,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/224726-the-vulnerability-of-middle-east-desalination-science.jpg",800,450,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/224726-the-vulnerability-of-middle-east-desalination-science.jpg",800,450,false],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/224726-the-vulnerability-of-middle-east-desalination-science-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=28\" rel=\"category\">Bahrain<\/a>","tag_info":"Bahrain","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=224726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/224727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=224726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=224726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=224726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}