Desalination has long been promoted as humanity's trump card against water scarcity. With oceans covering most of the planet's surface, the idea of simply removing the salt and drinking freely seems almost too logical to question.

Recent attacks in the Middle East on desalination plants, facilities that remove salt from seawater, raise the potential for a humanitarian crisis if the region’s freshwater production facilities are subjected to more widespread destruction.

Plants that convert seawater to drinking water are at the heart of major cities in the Gulf. But they are increasingly becoming military targets.

As missiles and drones curtail energy production across the Persian Gulf, analysts warn that water, not oil, may be the resource most at risk in the energy-rich but arid region.

City of Corpus Christi officials are exploring the potential for a desalination plant near the Barney Davis Power Plant.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and neighboring countries in the Persian Gulf region use the fossil fuels under their desert lands not only to make money, but also to make drinking water. The petroleum they produce powers more than 400 desalination plants,

As tensions escalate in the region, desalination plants, which convert seawater into drinking water, have emerged as both indispensable infrastructure and highly vulnerable targets.

Corpus Christi mayor calls emergency meeting for council vote on desalination project needed to access $750 million in state funding for water supply.

Desalination has become one of the most discussed technologies of our era. As rivers run dry and aquifers are pumped beyond recovery, turning the ocean into a drinking water source sounds almost too good to be true.