Crossword clues for desalination
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
desalination \desalination\ n. same as desalinization.
Syn: desalinization, desalinisation.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1943, from de- + salination. As a verb, desalt is recorded from 1909.
Wiktionary
n. The process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water.
WordNet
n. the removal of salt (especially from sea water) [syn: desalinization, desalinisation]
Wikipedia
Desalination is a process that removes minerals from saline water. More generally, desalination refers to the removal of salts and minerals from a target substance, as in soil desalination, which is an issue for agriculture.
Saltwater is desalinated to produce water suitable for human consumption or irrigation. One by-product of desalination is salt. Desalination is used on many seagoing ships and submarines. Most of the modern interest in desalination is focused on cost-effective provision of fresh water for human use. Along with recycled wastewater, it is one of the few rainfall-independent water sources.
Due to its energy consumption, desalinating sea water is generally more costly than fresh water from rivers or groundwater, water recycling and water conservation. However, these alternatives are not always available and depletion of reserves is a critical problem worldwide. Currently, approximately 1% of the world's population is dependent on desalinated water to meet daily needs, but the UN expects that 14% of the world's population will encounter water scarcity by 2025.
Desalination is particularly relevant in dry countries such as Australia, which traditionally have relied on collecting rainfall behind dams for water.
According to the International Desalination Association, in June 2015, 18,426 desalination plants operated worldwide, producing 86.8 million cubic meters per day, providing water for 300 million people. This number increased from 78.4 million cubic meters in 2013, a 57% increase in just 5 years. The single largest desalination project is Ras Al-Khair in Saudi Arabia, which produced 1,025,000 cubic meters per day in 2014, although this plant is expected to be surpassed by a plant in California. Israel produces a higher proportion of its water than any other country, totaling 40% of its water use.
Usage examples of "desalination".
Streets, vehicles, shops, a power plant, a pipeline to the desalination center - a proper city for the Race.
It was no wonder the colonists were running up so many new towns in the interior of this region, towns watered with pipes from desalination plants by the edge of the nearest sea.
After a deep pause, he went on, "Exalted Fleetlord, there has been an attack on the desalination plants supplying fresh water to the new towns in this region.
Red dots appeared on the map to show the affected desalination plants.
Our cities in that region do not suffer to any great degree despite the damage inflicted on the seaside desalination plants thereabouts.
These people must have been trying to replicate my desalination process and were unaware of the material's instability.
Atomic-powered desalination plants supplied the water, turning the chemicals from the rich sea into fertilizer.
First thing in the morning he must hook into the computer relay and put the Northpoint desalination plant on standby.
As the point of view changed the bins came into view, half filled with wealth extracted from the sea, a by-product of the desalination process.
What we have done is to develop and improve on the ancient agricultural techniques, while introducing suitable technological processes, such as desalination of water, that have important applications in the area.
Atomic-powered desalination plants supplied the water, turning the chemicals from the rich sea into fertilizer.
What we have done is to develop and improve on the ancient agncultural techniques, while introducing suitable technological processes, such as desalination of water, that have important applications in the area.
After a deep pause, he went on, “Exalted Fleetlord, there has been an attack on the desalination plants supplying fresh water to the new towns in this region.