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Desalinization
Three quarters of the earth is covered with water, but you can’t drink it. Turning salt water into fresh water for drinking and for watering crops is vital for the future of the human race. Questions about desalinization (or desalination) are answered here.
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How much does it cost to build and run a Desalination Plant per year?
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$ 1 per cubic meter
What is removed from water during the process called desalination?
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It's what the title suggests, simply salt or usually very salty water.
Why was desalinization process developed in sw Asia?
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Although at least two thirds of our planet is covered with water, less than 2% of it is drinkable. However, salt water can be made drinkable through desalinization and other filtering or processing.
Why is the water near the doha desalination plant is more salty than the Arabian golf?
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Desalination plants take in salt water and output pure water and brine, which is still basically salt water but with a higher concentration of salt. You might expect them to output pure water and pure salt, but for various reasons they actually release the salt back out as brine.
What is one disadvantage of using distillation as a means of desalination?
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When poorer countries need to get water, they use distillation. This is basically purifying water, using large amounts of electricity and money.
What is the first step in the desalination process?
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the first step is it passes through all the membranes
What are the pros and cons of desalinization?
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Its costly,
the plant requires lots of energy to operate
critics believe this will result in an increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
- It guarantees that in a drought there is always clean water.
- improves fish habitat.
- Desalination plants are the size of a warehouse and will be situated in an area close to other industrial facilities and away from large residential areas
- Each day the plant can supply up to 500 million litres of water.
How much does it cost per gallon of water for desalination?
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it depends on where you are and how you do it.
How does your environment affect desalination?
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global warming affects the sea level and that gives us less water to desalinate and it also effects the sea life so that is more harmful especially with desalination
