Desalination a national perspective /

Desalination a national perspective / [electronic resource] : Committee on Advancing Desalination Technology, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies. - Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2008. - xiv, 298 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-261).

Introduction -- Historical and contemporary context for desalination -- Water for the future -- State of the technology -- Environmental issues -- The costs and benefits of desalination -- Implementation issues -- A strategic research agenda for desalination.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780309119245 (electronic bk.) 0309119243 (electronic bk.)




Saline water conversion--United States.
Water-supply--Environmental aspects--United States.
Water--Purification--United States.


Electronic books.

TD479 / .D465 2008