The total area occupied by desalination plants on Earth is about 50,000 acres. This area includes various types of desalination facilities located in different regions around the world.
As of 2023, Saudi Arabia is considered the world's leader in desalination, operating the largest desalination plants and producing a significant portion of its drinking water from seawater. The country heavily invests in advanced technologies for desalination, primarily through reverse osmosis and multi-effect distillation. Other countries like the United Arab Emirates and Israel also have significant desalination programs, but Saudi Arabia remains at the forefront in terms of capacity and production.
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Desalination has very high energy requirements and since most countries with desalination plants do not have nuclear power, it results in the burning of lots of more coal. Additionally, the methods by which salt is removed from water create a resulting "salt-slurry" which is ejected as waste in to the original saltwater body. This salt-slurry makes the area around the desalination plant poisonous for the local sea-life.However, in almost every case, the positives of desalination outweigh these negatives.
Perth and Melbourne use it in Australia because they are near the sea, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and several Persian Gulf countries use desalination plants as well given the amount of desert they contain.
desalination cost is higher
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