Desalination

Water shortages and droughts have been huge social, economic, and political issues in Australia. As the world’s driest habitable continent, Australia’s water use and management has and will continue to be among the most contentious issues facing the federal and state governments, as well as the public. Research indicates that Australians are, per capita, the biggest consumers of water in the world. When discussing water usage in Australia, one also has to consider the related issue of water…

Kundis Craig, the author of the article “Water Supply, Desalination, Climate Change, and Energy Policy”, she describes, “Various regions in Australia have been suffering from severe drought and water shortages in the twenty-first century, prompting Perth, in Western Australia, to turn to desalination” (244). Craig is stating that because of the drought that happened in Australia, the people of Australia are beginning to depend on desalination to provide clean water for their communities. This…

over what we consider to be something that everyone has. Drinking water. The goal of this paper is to identify the key factors which limit drinking water availability in North African communities and to identify the possible solutions, such as desalination, to combat these factors, if possible. This research investigation is limited to identifying…

we need it the most. The amount of freshwater is decreasing and without the supply of freshwater we will surely die. You might ask, “Why can’t we use those huge filtration systems to filter the saltwater into freshwater?” The problem is that the desalination of water requires a ton of energy that we could use to accomplish something else. Also, salt dissolves very easily in water, making it hard to remove. More importantly, energy and the technology to filter water are very expensive. The…

which only 0.36% is drinkable water [2]. Ocean is the main source of water but it contains highly salinity, so it need to first desalinate before use. There are many techniques to convert brackish water in to potable water [3]. Other methods for desalinations…

As research continues, newer and better technologies are invented. This new technology is being used in almost all aspects of life, from day-to-day life, research, military, medical and many other fields. One such technology is the development of nuclear power. Nuclear energy is “the energy held in the nucleus of an atom; it can be obtained through two types of reactions – fission and fusion”1. Recently nuclear energy has become more important because of its various uses and applications, its…

Use of geothermal energy and boosted MED to have a stand-alone desalination, design of a prototype for water mass production based on hydrologic cycle principles (idea behind cloud formation, move of water as body without surface), use of cloud seeding techniques to increase condensation rate in thermal desalination (i.e. use of nuclei to increase water vapour condensation in industrial scale), and conceptual design of new desalination technology based on anatomy of loop of Henle in marine…

While those living in more developed nations simply have to turn the faucet handles when they want drinking water or to wash our clothes, for countless of millions more worldwide, this simple act often turns into an ordeal. As such, world organizations from several developed and undeveloped nations convened recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to identify and target the five most urgent needs currently found in every third world nation--be it Latin America, Africa or elsewhere. Our article below…

future. The proverb “water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink” holds true given that approximately 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water with the ocean holding 96.5% of Earth’s water (US Geological Society), hence the need for a desalination process. According to Barlow, water scarcity currently affects one-third of the world’s population. If the water scarcity trend continues, approximately two-thirds of the population will have insufficient access to clean water by 2025…

The Chartiers Creek watershed is located in southwestern PA and flows north for 52.4 miles through Allegheny and Washington counties. It has two sections: the upper section that is mostly located in Allegheny county, and the lower section in north/central Washington county. It’s overall size is approximately 227 square miles and it discharges into the Ohio river at McKees Rocks. Chartiers Creek’s water is utilized for agricultural, recreational, and domestic purposes (Dunkle, 2016). The upper…