Qatar operates desalination plants producing 538 million gallons per day. Bahrain depends on desalination for 85% of its drinking water. Kuwait for 90%. Gulf states have invested $53.4 billion in the infrastructure since 2006. Then, in March 2026, war targeted those plants. Iranian drones struck Bahrain's desalination facility. Iran accused the U.S. of hitting Qeshm Island's plant, cutting water to 30 villages. This mirrors what happened in Gaza, where 85% of desalination plants were destroyed and daily water access fell from 82.7 liters to 5.7 liters per person. The lesson for water utility decision-makers is not that engineering fails — it does not. It is that engineering without operational resilience architecture fails catastrophically when conditions shift. Distributed storage, redundant protocols, emergency frameworks, and systematic operational discipline determine whether utilities survive what comes next.
Image: Prime Creative Media Coliban Water’s Bendigo Water Treatment Plant has been named Victoria’s best tasting tap water for 2026. The winner was announced at the IXOM Best Tasting Tap Water competition during...
Image: Prime Creative Media Coliban Water’s Bendigo Water Treatment Plant has been named Victoria’s best tasting tap water for 2026. The winner was announced at the IXOM Best Tasting Tap Water competition during...
Newfoundland’s 2026 Operator of the Year Awards were announced on March 25 at the annual Water and Wastewater Workshop held in Gander, Nfld. Provincial minister of environment, conservation and climate...
Newfoundland’s 2026 Operator of the Year Awards were announced on March 25 at the annual Water and Wastewater Workshop held in Gander, Nfld. Provincial minister of environment, conservation and climate...
PepsiCo reports full water replenishment at high-risk facilities and expands AWS standards adoption, advancing its net water positive goal amid rising global water stress.
PepsiCo reports full water replenishment at high-risk facilities and expands AWS standards adoption, advancing its net water positive goal amid rising global water stress.
Discover the importance of protecting our natural systems while tackling the increasingly pervasive issue of PFAS. The post Nature as infrastructure: PFAS as an example of why the water sector...
Discover the importance of protecting our natural systems while tackling the increasingly pervasive issue of PFAS. The post Nature as infrastructure: PFAS as an example of why the water sector...
The national law in Portugal does not correctly transpose the obligation set out in the Water Framework Directive to periodically review water control measures to monitor water abstractions and impoundments,...
The national law in Portugal does not correctly transpose the obligation set out in the Water Framework Directive to periodically review water control measures to monitor water abstractions and impoundments,...
As AI pervades every sector, data center water consumption is under scrutiny—but the headlines often miss the nuance. While global DC water use is projected to reach 3 trillion liters...
As AI pervades every sector, data center water consumption is under scrutiny—but the headlines often miss the nuance. While global DC water use is projected to reach 3 trillion liters...
Parts of Lincolnshire, London and Surrey face worst supply problems as experts warn over climate change, population growth and poor infrastructure
Parts of Lincolnshire, London and Surrey face worst supply problems as experts warn over climate change, population growth and poor infrastructure
Qatar operates desalination plants producing 538 million gallons per day. Bahrain depends on desalination for 85% of its drinking water. Kuwait for 90%. Gulf states have invested $53.4 billion in...
Qatar operates desalination plants producing 538 million gallons per day. Bahrain depends on desalination for 85% of its drinking water. Kuwait for 90%. Gulf states have invested $53.4 billion in...
As winter lingers and audiences look for gripping new television, Channel 4’s latest docudrama, Dirty Business, has burst onto the scene, turning the spotlight…
As winter lingers and audiences look for gripping new television, Channel 4’s latest docudrama, Dirty Business, has burst onto the scene, turning the spotlight…
In 97 AD, Sextus Julius Frontinus inherited Rome's nine aqueducts—800 kmof conduit serving over one million people—and found a system crippled notby poor engineering but by poor management. Leaks, theft,...
In 97 AD, Sextus Julius Frontinus inherited Rome's nine aqueducts—800 kmof conduit serving over one million people—and found a system crippled notby poor engineering but by poor management. Leaks, theft,...
Gabriela Cowperthwaite's award-winning documentary follows investigative journalists uncovering how sovereign powers, corporations, and mercenary groups are racing to control the world's food and water supplies. For water operators managing canals,...
Gabriela Cowperthwaite's award-winning documentary follows investigative journalists uncovering how sovereign powers, corporations, and mercenary groups are racing to control the world's food and water supplies. For water operators managing canals,...
Edward Barbier asks the question every water professional should confront: if water is so valuable and increasingly scarce, why is it so consistently mismanaged? His answer — spanning millennia, dozens...
Edward Barbier asks the question every water professional should confront: if water is so valuable and increasingly scarce, why is it so consistently mismanaged? His answer — spanning millennia, dozens...
In order to meet the requirements of existing water legislation Member States require an additional annual average investment of €23 billion according to European Commission estimates. Current investment in the...
In order to meet the requirements of existing water legislation Member States require an additional annual average investment of €23 billion according to European Commission estimates. Current investment in the...
"Comparing water pricing structures in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin, California, and Alberta reveals a universal truth: without systematic operational protocols, even the most sophisticated market mechanisms fail to deliver reliable water...
"Comparing water pricing structures in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin, California, and Alberta reveals a universal truth: without systematic operational protocols, even the most sophisticated market mechanisms fail to deliver reliable water...
Little more than two months ago, on an unusually rainy November evening, the Queen Creek Town Council staked claim to the city’s future. Queen Creek, located in central Arizona southeast...
Little more than two months ago, on an unusually rainy November evening, the Queen Creek Town Council staked claim to the city’s future. Queen Creek, located in central Arizona southeast...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public input on its Clean Water Act Financial Capability Assessment (FCA) guidance. This non-regulatory guidance is an important resource that helps local...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public input on its Clean Water Act Financial Capability Assessment (FCA) guidance. This non-regulatory guidance is an important resource that helps local...
Rescue Engineers announced Feb. 12 it will invest several million dollars to increase its operational capacity for the California public water utilities market to address new regulations involving hexavalent chromium....
Rescue Engineers announced Feb. 12 it will invest several million dollars to increase its operational capacity for the California public water utilities market to address new regulations involving hexavalent chromium....
Ofwat has published its Final Climate Change Principles, setting out a principles-based framework to guide how water companies respond to the growing risks posed by climate change. The regulator...
Ofwat has published its Final Climate Change Principles, setting out a principles-based framework to guide how water companies respond to the growing risks posed by climate change. The regulator...
