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- Texas Looks at Desalination for Long-Term Water SolutionsThe Houston Chronicle is reporting that desalination plants, common in the Middle East and the Caribbean, is being serious considered as a long term solution to Texas’ water woes brought on by the drought that began a year ago.
Rising Waters and DesalinationRising Waters is my excitation that leads me to a line of thinking that will link desalination to rising oceans and surmise that the answer is transporting sea water inland and finding a good use for extracted salt. Something needs to happen.- New Developments in Desalination Technology: Reverse-Osmosis MembranesThis article discusses a recent development in polymer science: the formation of membranes that are ideal for reverse osmosis purification of seawater.
How to Start Desalination NowIt is is in the news almost daily that the U.S. and many other nations are facing shortages in their drinking water. A few are well into replenishing their shortages using the latest desalinization scientific methods.- A Better Method of Desalinating SeawaterI outline a new method of desalinating seawater
- Speech on Solutions to Water Scarcity (With Specific Reference to Australia)A speech about desalination and recycled sewerage water as solutions to water scarcity. It has an Australian focus.
- Desalination - Not the Answer to Our Water ShortageDesalination is, simplistically, the process of turning salt water into usable water for irrigation, the consumption by animals, and, of course, the consumption by human beings.
- Desalination: Not a Feasible Alternative to Our Water ShortageCan we create fresh water from salt? At what cost?
- The Risks of Turning Saltwater into Drinking WaterA WWF report on the growing trend of desalination around the world points to possible environmental risks and costs.
- Technology Moving Toward Cheap, Efficient Water DesalinationWhile the world is focused on shortages of energy, another resource is becoming more and more scarce, especially in the third world. Due to rising populations and the occurrences of droughts, supplies of fresh water may become at a premium .
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