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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. |
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She estimated the cost of upgrading the Santa Clarita treatment plants with desalinization equipment at about $350 million to reach the goal of 100 milligrams of chloride per liter of treated water. Because it is surrounded by oceans, many Australians have wondered for years if desalinization could provide flesh water to the country's growing population. Human-induced desalinization of Manzala Lagoon, Nile Delta, Egypt: evidence from isotopic analysis of benthic invertebrates. |
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