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Guardian: The world's unquenchable thirst for clean water drove a record increase in the desalination of seawater and reuse of sewage last year, new figures reveal, as water-stressed countries around the world try to build their way out of trouble. Making fresh water from the sea was once the preserve of cruise ships and oil-rich Gulf states that could afford the huge cost of energy required to remove the salt. But as rivers, lakes and aquifers dry up, rains become less reliable, and the cost ......
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Global water crisis and cheaper technology sparks surge in desalination
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 30th, 2010
Posted in Water Conservation