Journal article
The state of desalination and brine production: A global outlook
Abstract
Rising water demands and diminishing water supplies are exacerbating water scarcity in most world regions. Conventional approaches relying on rainfall and river runoff in water scarce areas are no longer sufficient to meet human demands. Unconventional water resources, such as desalinated water, are expected to play a key role in narrowing the water demand-supply gap. Our synthesis of desalination data suggests that there are 15,906 operational …
Authors
Jones E; Qadir M; van Vliet MTH; Smakhtin V; Kang S-M
Journal
The Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 657, , pp. 1343–1356
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2019
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.076
ISSN
0048-9697