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desalinationor desaltingRemoval of dissolved salts from seawater and from the salty waters of inland seas, highly mineralized groundwaters, and municipal wastewaters. Desalination makes such otherwise unusable waters fit for human consumption, irrigation, industrial applications, and other purposes. Distillation is the most widely used desalination process; freezing and thawing, electrodialysis, and reverse osmosis are also used. All are energy-intensive and therefore expensive. Currently, more than 2 billion gallons (8 million cu m) of fresh water are produced each day by several thousand desalination plants throughout the world, the largest plants being in the Arabian Peninsula. desalination, desalinization, desalinisation the process of removing salt, esp from sea water so that it can be used for drinking or irrigation How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In countering such a water shortage situation, the role of seawater desalination is expected to increase further, and in fact the construction of more desalination plants is being planned in Algeria going forward. Abengoa builds various types of solar, bio-ethanol and desalination plants and is a leading innovator in cellulosic biomass. The chloride issue is an important one to residents who stand to see their sewage rates on property tax bills quadruple to fund desalination plants at the Santa Clarita Valley's two treatment plants. |
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