The Role of Desalination in an Increasingly Water-Scarce World
The cost of desalination has been plummeting over the years. As a result, desalination has become a viable option for certain strategic uses. Today, over 20,000 desalination plants in more than 150 countries supply about 300 million people with fre...
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okr-10986-314162021-05-25T09:22:16Z The Role of Desalination in an Increasingly Water-Scarce World World Bank DESALINATION WATER SCARCITY WATER SUPPLY DISTILLATION TECHNOLOGY THERMAL VAPOR COMPRESSOR SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER DEMAND MEMBRANE DESALINATION THERMAL DESALINATION CONCENTRATE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY The cost of desalination has been plummeting over the years. As a result, desalination has become a viable option for certain strategic uses. Today, over 20,000 desalination plants in more than 150 countries supply about 300 million people with freshwater every day. Initially a niche product for energy rich and water scarce cities, particularly in the Middle East, the continued decrease in cost and environmental viability of desalination has the potential to significantly expand its use - particularly for rapidly growing water scarce coastal cities. Desalination can be seen as one option in a portfolio water supply sources, including traditional surface water and groundwater sources as well as wastewater reuse, to meet growing water demand gap. Although still relatively expensive, desalination offers the potential to enhance system reliability. As renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar expand, and as advances in concentrate management techniques make discharges from desalination plants much cheaper and safer, the prospect of producing freshwater from the sea without increasing greenhouse gases and without significant damages to the local environment become more promising. 2019-03-15T21:40:41Z 2019-03-15T21:40:41Z 2019-03 Technical Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/476041552622967264/The-Role-of-Desalination-in-an-Increasingly-Water-Scarce-World-Technical-Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31416 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Middle East and North Africa |
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DESALINATION WATER SCARCITY WATER SUPPLY DISTILLATION TECHNOLOGY THERMAL VAPOR COMPRESSOR SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER DEMAND MEMBRANE DESALINATION THERMAL DESALINATION CONCENTRATE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY |
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DESALINATION WATER SCARCITY WATER SUPPLY DISTILLATION TECHNOLOGY THERMAL VAPOR COMPRESSOR SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER DEMAND MEMBRANE DESALINATION THERMAL DESALINATION CONCENTRATE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY World Bank The Role of Desalination in an Increasingly Water-Scarce World |
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The cost of desalination has been
plummeting over the years. As a result, desalination has
become a viable option for certain strategic uses. Today,
over 20,000 desalination plants in more than 150 countries
supply about 300 million people with freshwater every day.
Initially a niche product for energy rich and water scarce
cities, particularly in the Middle East, the continued
decrease in cost and environmental viability of desalination
has the potential to significantly expand its use -
particularly for rapidly growing water scarce coastal
cities. Desalination can be seen as one option in a
portfolio water supply sources, including traditional
surface water and groundwater sources as well as wastewater
reuse, to meet growing water demand gap. Although still
relatively expensive, desalination offers the potential to
enhance system reliability. As renewable sources of energy
such as wind and solar expand, and as advances in
concentrate management techniques make discharges from
desalination plants much cheaper and safer, the prospect of
producing freshwater from the sea without increasing
greenhouse gases and without significant damages to the
local environment become more promising. |
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The Role of Desalination in an Increasingly Water-Scarce World |
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The Role of Desalination in an Increasingly Water-Scarce World |
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The Role of Desalination in an Increasingly Water-Scarce World |
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The Role of Desalination in an Increasingly Water-Scarce World |
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The Role of Desalination in an Increasingly Water-Scarce World |
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role of desalination in an increasingly water-scarce world |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/476041552622967264/The-Role-of-Desalination-in-an-Increasingly-Water-Scarce-World-Technical-Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31416 |
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