Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Better desalination technology key to solving world's water shortage

Better desalination technology key to solving world's water shortage

Over one-third of the world's population already lives in areas struggling to keep up with the demand for fresh water. By 2025, that number will nearly double. A new Yale University study argues that seawater desalination should play an important role in helping combat worldwide fresh water shortages -- once conservation, reuse and other methods have been exhausted -- and provides insight into how desalination technology can be made more affordable and energy efficient.

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