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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 desalination [dē‚sal·ə′nā·shən] (chemical engineering) Removal of salt, as from water or soil. Also known as desalting. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Summary: R&D in water management top priority for hosts of Desalination World Congress 2009 TechnoPark, the fully-owned subsidiary of Economic Zones World, local hosts of the International Desalination Association (IDA) World Congress 2009, is moving ahead, through its R&D arm, Dubai Institute of Technology (DIT) to focus its research and development activities in water desalination and water re-use issues by establishing a Centre of Excellence for Integrated Water Management. Summary: DUBAI u The UAE needs a monitoring system at the federal level to regulate water desalination activity across the country, a top government official said. Byline: Emmanuelle Landais, Staff Reporter Dubai: Pollute as they may, desalination plants simply cannot stop producing fresh drinking water in water-scarce countries such as the UAE. |
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