As the Iran war widens, experts say the Middle East’s real strategic weak point may be water — not oil. Much of the Gulf’s drinking supply comes from desalination plants clustered along vulnerable coastlines within easy range of Iranian missiles and drones. Many of the individual plants supply water to millions of people. Without them, major cities could not sustain their current populations. In recent days, Iranian drones struck an energy facility that powers a desalination plant in the United Arab Emirates and sparked a fire at a desalination plant in Kuwait. Oil spills, contamination and sabatoge also could disrupt supplies of the freshwater that also sustains hotels, industry and some agriculture.
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FILE - A pipe carrying drinking water runs through the Carlsbad desalination plant in Carlsbad, Calif., Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag, File)
A new bill in Congress aims to support efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay, improve water quality, and connect local students, businesses and communities to conservation projects.
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Delaware DNREC is offering up to 20 paid summer internships, giving students hands-on experience in environmental and public service careers.
The Lewes Board of Public Works is clarifying elevated lead results from routine drinking water compliance testing. Property owners with exceedances were notified within 24 hours of BPW receiving the results.
Students and scientists teamed up to release 240,000 clams into Delaware’s Assawoman Bay, helping improve water quality and giving students hands-on experience in marine restoration.
DNREC has issued a recreational water advisory for Bethany Beach due to bacteria levels.
Delaware environmental experts have issued a recreational water advisory for Deauville Beach and the main beach in Cape Henlopen State Park after routine water quality testing found elevated levels of fecal indicator bacteria.