UAE Oil Spill Threatens Gulf Desalination Plants and Drinking Water
💧 GULF — Oil at desalination intakes would turn the spill into a civilian weapon. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: UAE and Qatar source over 90% of drinking water from Gulf desalination plants. An oil plume reaching coastal intakes forces shutdowns — no backup at scale exists. With Gulf states on military alert, a water disruption compounds civilian pressure on governments already hedging between Washington and Tehran. This turns an environmental event into a coercion variable.
