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Saudi Arabia world's largest producer of desalinated water
Saudi Arabia is the world's largest producer of desalinated water, which makes up half the country's drinking supply - Read More
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Desalination costs 5 times as much as water conservation
Water conservation costs $210 a year per acre-foot, while desalination costs more than $1,000 per acre-foot, according to a study last year by the Los Angeles Economic Development Council. - Read More
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US Lags in Desalination Plants
But water agencies across the U.S. have typically shied away from desalination because of complaints about its energy use and environmental impacts. Although the U.S. is the source of much of today's membrane technology, the country has lagged in the number of facilities actually converting saltwater into drinking water. At the end of 2007, there were more than 13,080 desalination plants worldwide, but just 119 in the U.S., according to the International Desalination Association. - Read More
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Water woes prompt California to rethink desalination
Threats of a drought later this year in California are prompting 20 water agencies to look at desalination for a routine source of water instead of as an emergency measure in California. The water agencies are faced with a four-fold threat this year: worsening drought, dwindling species of freshwater fish, crumbling plumbing systems and unyielding demand, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. - Read More
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Desalination is big business
Desalination is a massive and growing industry worldwide
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