Desalination
Subtitle: a national perspective
By: Committee on Advancing Desalination Technology, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Advancing Desalination Technology.; National Academies Press (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780309119238; 9780309119245
Subjects: Saline water conversation -- United States; Water-supply -- Environmental aspects -- United States; Water -- Purification -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-261).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Historical and contemporary context for desalination; title: Water for the future; title: State of the technology; title: Environmental issues; title: The costs and benefits of desalination; title: Implementation issues; title: A strategic research agenda for desalination.