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Ocean Water Desalination: Our Next Source of Drinking Water?
Friday, July 02, 2010If global warming consequences are as severe as many fear, the ocean may become part of mainstream water supply planning over the next few decades. Desalination represents one of the few drought-proof water resources, outside of wastewater reclamation and recycling. However, there are also environmental consequences related to the disposal of concentrated brine (process water) back into the ocean, so great care needs to be taken with its dispersal into the marine environment.
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