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200 00$aDesalination $ea national perspective /$fCommittee on Advancing Desalination Technology, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academies Press$dc2008
215   $a1 online resource (313 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-261).
327   $aIntroduction -- Historical and contemporary context for desalination -- Water for the future -- State of the technology -- Environmental issues -- The costs and benefits of desalination -- Implementation issues -- A strategic research agenda for desalination.
330   $aThere has been an exponential increase in desalination capacity both globally and nationally since 1960, fueled in part by growing concern for local water scarcity and made possible to a great extent by a major federal investment for desalination research and development. Traditional sources of supply are increasingly expensive, unavailable, or controversial, but desalination technology offers the potential to substantially reduce water scarcity by converting the almost inexhaustible supply of seawater and the apparently vast quantities of brackish groundwater into new sources of freshwater.   Desalinationassesses the state of the art in relevant desalination technologies, and factors such as cost and implementation challenges. It also describes reasonable long-term goals for advancing desalination technology, posits recommendations for action and research, estimates the funding necessary to support the proposed research agenda, and identifies appropriate roles for governmental and nongovernmental entities.
606   $aSaline water conversion$zUnited States
606   $aWater-supply$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States
606   $aWater$xPurification$zUnited States
615  0$aSaline water conversion
615  0$aWater-supply$xEnvironmental aspects
615  0$aWater$xPurification
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712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bCommittee on Advancing Desalination Technology.
712 02$aNational Academies Press (U.S.)
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