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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-261). 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780309119245 (electronic bk.) 0309119243 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Saline water conversion--United States.<br/>Water-supply--Environmental aspects--United States.<br/>Water--Purification--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TD479  / .D465 2008