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desalinationRemoval of salt, usually from sea water, to produce fresh water for irrigation or drinking. Distillation has usually been the method adopted, but in the 1970s a cheaper process, using certain polymer materials that filter the molecules of salt from the water by reverse osmosis, was developed. Desalination plants have been built along the shores of Middle Eastern countries where fresh water is in short supply. |
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In countering such a water shortage situation, the role of seawater desalination is expected to increase further, and in fact the construction of more desalination plants is being planned in Algeria going forward. Abengoa builds various types of solar, bio-ethanol and desalination plants and is a leading innovator in cellulosic biomass. The chloride issue is an important one to residents who stand to see their sewage rates on property tax bills quadruple to fund desalination plants at the Santa Clarita Valley's two treatment plants. |
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