ABSTRACT Escalating aridity, population growth, and impaired aquifers are intensifying structural water deficits across Jordan, Yemen, and Oman in 2025, accelerating the turn to privately financed desalination and expanding informal tanker markets that function as de facto subscription services. A recent open-access article in Nature Sustainability finds that tanker markets in Jordan supply 15% of … Leggi tutto Middle East Water Stress and the Privatization of Desalination: Jordan, Yemen and Oman in an Emerging Subscription Model