Gulf countries depend FAR more on desalinisation plants than Iran does. This isn't going anywhere good.
Preventing some Iranian villagers from getting drinking water does nothing to prevent the IRGC from firing missiles and drones.
Water is a red line. I know those of you who hate the US military and US foreign policy won’t care about the difference, but it’s significant, with very bad implications.
Water is a red line. I know those of you who hate the US military and US foreign policy won’t care about the difference, but it’s significant, with very bad implications.
More war crimes:
In its fourth strike on water infrastructure, the US has destroyed two water tanks in Sirik, Iran, completely cutting off water distribution in all villages of the Bemani district and the city of Kohstak, the Hormozgan Water and Sanitation Authority says.
In its fourth strike on water infrastructure, the US has destroyed two water tanks in Sirik, Iran, completely cutting off water distribution in all villages of the Bemani district and the city of Kohstak, the Hormozgan Water and Sanitation Authority says.
July 18, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Gulf countries depend FAR more on desalinisation plants than Iran does. This isn't going anywhere good.
Marguerite Massart 1st woman #engineering graduate in #Belgium. Set up foundry business in #Ghent & introduced #desalinisation project & early #solar panels in 1st hotel on Sal Island #CapeVerde @wes1919.bsky.social member. b.#OTD 19 Sept 1900 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguer...
September 19, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Marguerite Massart 1st woman #engineering graduate in #Belgium. Set up foundry business in #Ghent & introduced #desalinisation project & early #solar panels in 1st hotel on Sal Island #CapeVerde @wes1919.bsky.social member. b.#OTD 19 Sept 1900 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguer...
If Iran doesn’t remove the mines, we might start bombing schools, desalinisation plants, and other civilian targets.
Oh, wait…
Oh, wait…
March 10, 2026 at 7:43 PM
If Iran doesn’t remove the mines, we might start bombing schools, desalinisation plants, and other civilian targets.
Oh, wait…
Oh, wait…
Why the Gulf States depend on desalinisation:
The satellite image of MBS's palace reminded me of one of the most interesting facts I have read while working on my current book. The water table in Arabia has sunk from about 6m below ground in prehistoric times to 70m today. (Peter Magee, The Archaeology of Prehistoric Arabia)
March 8, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Why the Gulf States depend on desalinisation:
Marguerite Massart 1st woman #engineering graduate in #Belgium 1925 1st Belgian @wes1919.bsky.social member. Set up foundry business in #Ghent & introduced #desalinisation project & early #solar panels in 1st hotel on Sal Island #CapeVerde. d. #OTD 25 Feb 1979 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguer...
February 25, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Marguerite Massart 1st woman #engineering graduate in #Belgium 1925 1st Belgian @wes1919.bsky.social member. Set up foundry business in #Ghent & introduced #desalinisation project & early #solar panels in 1st hotel on Sal Island #CapeVerde. d. #OTD 25 Feb 1979 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguer...
Par ailleurs, peut-être qu’on peut anticiper et penser à des usines de désalinisation pour les régions côtières AVANT de se retrouver en situation de pénurie permanente ?
Faire de la POLITIQUE ?
PRÉVOIR ?
Construire le monde de demain ?
Faire de la POLITIQUE ?
PRÉVOIR ?
Construire le monde de demain ?
August 10, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Par ailleurs, peut-être qu’on peut anticiper et penser à des usines de désalinisation pour les régions côtières AVANT de se retrouver en situation de pénurie permanente ?
Faire de la POLITIQUE ?
PRÉVOIR ?
Construire le monde de demain ?
Faire de la POLITIQUE ?
PRÉVOIR ?
Construire le monde de demain ?
Desalinisation baby l
September 12, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Desalinisation baby l
Pour le moment personne n’en parle, mais au regard de l’évolution des choses, et de l’abondance de l’électricité bas carbone dans ce pays, il va falloir qu’on réfléchisse sérieusement à des usines de desalinisation d’eau de mer.
August 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Pour le moment personne n’en parle, mais au regard de l’évolution des choses, et de l’abondance de l’électricité bas carbone dans ce pays, il va falloir qu’on réfléchisse sérieusement à des usines de desalinisation d’eau de mer.
Ça et les usines de désalinisation, sachant que des pénuries dramatiques d'eau potable menacent l'Iran.
March 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Ça et les usines de désalinisation, sachant que des pénuries dramatiques d'eau potable menacent l'Iran.
Powered desalination is already surprisingly affordable these days, as Hannah Ritchie maps out here:
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-e...
But that's still outside the budget of the lowest incomes in the world - especially those without power.
(So: how much to print the aerogel?)
2/
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-e...
But that's still outside the budget of the lowest incomes in the world - especially those without power.
(So: how much to print the aerogel?)
2/
How much energy does desalinisation use? Is it “absurdly cheap”?
A deep-dive on desalinisation.
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Powered desalination is already surprisingly affordable these days, as Hannah Ritchie maps out here:
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-e...
But that's still outside the budget of the lowest incomes in the world - especially those without power.
(So: how much to print the aerogel?)
2/
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-e...
But that's still outside the budget of the lowest incomes in the world - especially those without power.
(So: how much to print the aerogel?)
2/
Je sais pas si vous vous rendez compte de comment les conditions dans Gaza sont en train de s’aggraver. Les usines de désalinisation fonctionnent plus, l’eau devient beaucoup trop rare.
Plein de gens viennent de passer de "on arrive à se nourrir mais très mal" à "on peut plus se nourrir du tout"
Plein de gens viennent de passer de "on arrive à se nourrir mais très mal" à "on peut plus se nourrir du tout"
July 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Je sais pas si vous vous rendez compte de comment les conditions dans Gaza sont en train de s’aggraver. Les usines de désalinisation fonctionnent plus, l’eau devient beaucoup trop rare.
Plein de gens viennent de passer de "on arrive à se nourrir mais très mal" à "on peut plus se nourrir du tout"
Plein de gens viennent de passer de "on arrive à se nourrir mais très mal" à "on peut plus se nourrir du tout"
j'ai très peur de ce qui va arriver aux usines de désalinisation a portée de missiles iranien d'ici 47h
Trump: “If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
March 21, 2026 at 11:59 PM
j'ai très peur de ce qui va arriver aux usines de désalinisation a portée de missiles iranien d'ici 47h
Mais oui ! Et c'est pour ça qu'ils ont aussi attaqué l'usine de désalinisation 😓
Je sais même pas comment on peut encore défendre ces raclures, à ce stade.
Je sais même pas comment on peut encore défendre ces raclures, à ce stade.
Horrifying scenes from Tehran as oil depots are on fire, poisoning the environment. As with Gaza, the goal is ecocide, to make Iran unlivable. aje.news/64yl8m?updat...
Israel bombs Tehran oil depots; Iranian attacks on Gulf states continue
Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE report more attacks despite assurance from Iran's president that the strikes will stop.
aje.news
March 8, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Mais oui ! Et c'est pour ça qu'ils ont aussi attaqué l'usine de désalinisation 😓
Je sais même pas comment on peut encore défendre ces raclures, à ce stade.
Je sais même pas comment on peut encore défendre ces raclures, à ce stade.
il veut vraiment voir les usines de desalinisation exploser en fait ?
Trump: "Most people say it's already been won, it's just a question of when. When do we stop. We don't want to let it regrow, and ideally we'd like to see somebody in there that knows what they're doing."
March 12, 2026 at 12:01 AM
il veut vraiment voir les usines de desalinisation exploser en fait ?
Avec les bombardements d’usines de désalinisation en Iran et dans le Golfe, l’eau est redevenue une cible militaire. Ces attaques s’inscrivent dans une longue histoire de conflit et d’accaparement autour de cette ressource vitale.
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/fzk
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/fzk
March 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Avec les bombardements d’usines de désalinisation en Iran et dans le Golfe, l’eau est redevenue une cible militaire. Ces attaques s’inscrivent dans une longue histoire de conflit et d’accaparement autour de cette ressource vitale.
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/fzk
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/fzk
Écoles, hôtels, hôpitaux, on savait que les cibles civiles n'étaient pas un problème.
Dépôts de carburant, on s'en doutait, stratégiquement.
MAIS UN SITE DE DÉSALINISATION...
Une fois encore Netanyahu et son allié Trump démontrent combien leur impunité leur permet de ravager à long terme.
🇱🇧 #Iran👇
Dépôts de carburant, on s'en doutait, stratégiquement.
MAIS UN SITE DE DÉSALINISATION...
Une fois encore Netanyahu et son allié Trump démontrent combien leur impunité leur permet de ravager à long terme.
🇱🇧 #Iran👇
March 8, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Écoles, hôtels, hôpitaux, on savait que les cibles civiles n'étaient pas un problème.
Dépôts de carburant, on s'en doutait, stratégiquement.
MAIS UN SITE DE DÉSALINISATION...
Une fois encore Netanyahu et son allié Trump démontrent combien leur impunité leur permet de ravager à long terme.
🇱🇧 #Iran👇
Dépôts de carburant, on s'en doutait, stratégiquement.
MAIS UN SITE DE DÉSALINISATION...
Une fois encore Netanyahu et son allié Trump démontrent combien leur impunité leur permet de ravager à long terme.
🇱🇧 #Iran👇
Si l’eau est polluée elle ne pourra plus être traitée par les centrales de désalinisation, ça se transformera en drame humain.
March 14, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Si l’eau est polluée elle ne pourra plus être traitée par les centrales de désalinisation, ça se transformera en drame humain.
File under: I had no idea.
@hannahritchie.bsky.social crunches the numbers on desalination, and, well, it's pretty feasible for drinking water (not for ag).
Incidental puzzling fact: We Americans use 3x more water than UKers. 3x! What's that about?
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-e...
@hannahritchie.bsky.social crunches the numbers on desalination, and, well, it's pretty feasible for drinking water (not for ag).
Incidental puzzling fact: We Americans use 3x more water than UKers. 3x! What's that about?
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-e...
How much energy does desalinisation use? Is it “absurdly cheap”?
A deep-dive on desalinisation.
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com
September 19, 2024 at 12:54 PM
File under: I had no idea.
@hannahritchie.bsky.social crunches the numbers on desalination, and, well, it's pretty feasible for drinking water (not for ag).
Incidental puzzling fact: We Americans use 3x more water than UKers. 3x! What's that about?
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-e...
@hannahritchie.bsky.social crunches the numbers on desalination, and, well, it's pretty feasible for drinking water (not for ag).
Incidental puzzling fact: We Americans use 3x more water than UKers. 3x! What's that about?
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-e...
Desalination for drinking water is surprisingly affordable. Desalination for agriculture probably doesn't make a ton of economic sense apart from some high-value crops.
Really interesting post by @hannahritchie.bsky.social www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-e...
Really interesting post by @hannahritchie.bsky.social www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-e...
How much energy does desalinisation use? Is it “absurdly cheap”?
A deep-dive on desalinisation.
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Desalination for drinking water is surprisingly affordable. Desalination for agriculture probably doesn't make a ton of economic sense apart from some high-value crops.
Really interesting post by @hannahritchie.bsky.social www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-e...
Really interesting post by @hannahritchie.bsky.social www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-e...
We are an island... we should be using desalinisation. Now reclaimed seawater tastes terrible...
But if we *have* to have data centres (and I am not convinced we do)... THEY can get desalinated water...
But if we *have* to have data centres (and I am not convinced we do)... THEY can get desalinated water...
September 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM
We are an island... we should be using desalinisation. Now reclaimed seawater tastes terrible...
But if we *have* to have data centres (and I am not convinced we do)... THEY can get desalinated water...
But if we *have* to have data centres (and I am not convinced we do)... THEY can get desalinated water...
I think the human race is gonna win despite Americas best efforts. But if you saw me saying “WERE GONNA WIN” whenever a new desalinisation plant opens up… you’d look at me like I’m some kind of clapping child
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I think the human race is gonna win despite Americas best efforts. But if you saw me saying “WERE GONNA WIN” whenever a new desalinisation plant opens up… you’d look at me like I’m some kind of clapping child
Un fil important au sujet de la dépendance vitale aux usines de désalinisation en Iran et tout autour 👇
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The US doesn’t seem to understand how many targets there are for Iran in the Gulf.
Attacking the desalination plant in Iran is monstrous in itself as so many people depend on them, but it also opens up the way for Iran to target the Gulf’s desalination plants, which would also be monstrous
Attacking the desalination plant in Iran is monstrous in itself as so many people depend on them, but it also opens up the way for Iran to target the Gulf’s desalination plants, which would also be monstrous
March 8, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Un fil important au sujet de la dépendance vitale aux usines de désalinisation en Iran et tout autour 👇
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While countries outside of the gulf are concerned about oil, the people in the middle east are concerned about water.
Desalinisation plants are being destroyed which can make survival pretty difficult in such an arid region.
Desalinisation plants are being destroyed which can make survival pretty difficult in such an arid region.
March 9, 2026 at 4:58 AM
While countries outside of the gulf are concerned about oil, the people in the middle east are concerned about water.
Desalinisation plants are being destroyed which can make survival pretty difficult in such an arid region.
Desalinisation plants are being destroyed which can make survival pretty difficult in such an arid region.
La fnsea veux de l'eau ?
Qu'elle construise des usines de désalinisation.
Sinon pas touche à l'eau douce en France.
Qu'elle construise des usines de désalinisation.
Sinon pas touche à l'eau douce en France.
August 19, 2026 at 7:02 AM
La fnsea veux de l'eau ?
Qu'elle construise des usines de désalinisation.
Sinon pas touche à l'eau douce en France.
Qu'elle construise des usines de désalinisation.
Sinon pas touche à l'eau douce en France.
