
Abu Dhabi is almost entirely dependent on desalination for its vital water supply. If desalination plants were bombed, the city would have just four days of water.
The wealthiest of the United Arab Emirates federation has just begun to build the world’s largest artificial aquifer beneath its scorching sands, at a cost of $436 million, according to a report in the Washington Post.
With no rivers, the UAE shares with its neighbors an inherently unstable reliance on a diminishing natural groundwater. Add in the threat of terrorism from Al Quaeda, and Abu Dhabi is in a precarious position due to this most fundamental weakness.






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