Desalination
eBook - PDF

Desalination

A National Perspective

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  1. 313 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Desalination

A National Perspective

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About this book

There 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.Desalination assesses 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.

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Table of contents

  1. FrontMatter
  2. Summary
  3. 1 Introduction
  4. 2 Historical and Contemporary Context for Desalination
  5. 3 Water for the Future
  6. 4 State of the Technology
  7. 5 Environmental Issues
  8. 6 The Costs and Benefits of Desalination
  9. 7 Implementation Issues
  10. 8 A Strategic Research Agenda for Desalination
  11. References
  12. Glossary
  13. Appendix A: Desalination Federal Funding Survey
  14. Appendix B: Mass and Energy Balance on Reverse Osmosis System
  15. Appendix C: Desalination Economics Summary Data
  16. Appendix D: Estimating Unit Costs of Water Supply Options
  17. Appendix E: Water Science and Technology Board
  18. Appendix F: Biographical Sketches for Committee on Advancing Desalination Technology