20 Iranian villages left Without Water after US Strike
- 10,000 people face severe water shortage in Iran
- Kuwait’s water desalination plant engulfed in flames
The Iranian water desalination plant destroyed in the US strike. Photo: Collected
Although no formal ‘water war’ has been declared in the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran in the Middle East, the region’s primary source of drinking water, seawater desalination plants—has come under repeated attacks.
As part of the escalating military tensions, US forces launched a strike Friday night on a key water purification pumping facility in Iran, leaving about 10,000 people without access to water.
In an interview with the Tasnim News Agency on Saturday, Hamzeh Pour, chief executive officer of the Hormozgan Water and Wastewater Company, said a US strike on a water purification pumping station in the coastal village of Bunji in Iran’s Jask County completely disrupted the drinking water supply to 20 villages with a combined population of about 10,000.
He said the attack completely destroyed a pumping station used to draw seawater and a power transformer at the Bunji seawater desalination plant.
According to him, “The US attacks are part of a series of crimes and terrorist attacks.”
Meanwhile, a massive fire broke out Saturday at Kuwait’s largest electricity and water desalination complex following an Iranian attack.
Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity and Water said Saturday that, a day after a similar attack, Iran struck another electricity and water desalination facility, disabling several power generation units.
In a statement, the ministry said, “Another electricity and water purification facility was attacked by the enemy, causing a fire in part of the plant and disabling several power generation units.”
Source: Al Jazeera( Adapted)
