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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
desalinate .
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Examples
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Fresh water can be desalinated from the surrounding ocean and minerals are filtered for help with food production.
Sea-Based Vertical Farm Concept for eVolo Skyscraper Competition | Inhabitat 2010
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Using that water would reduce the pressure on the state's vanishing groundwater resources and reduce the need to pay for expensive alternatives, such as desalinated seawater.
azcentral.com | news 2009
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It seems that these humble tubes could hold the key to cheap desalinated water, better fuel cells and new strategies to tackle global warming.
I Love New Scientist (fan post) Heather McDougal 2009
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The price of a cubic metre of desalinated water is 8 yuan, compared to the normal 5 yuan tariff in Tianjin.
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It seems that these humble tubes could hold the key to cheap desalinated water, better fuel cells and new strategies to tackle global warming.
Archive 2009-02-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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Industry sources say the utilities are also worried that once they accept expensive desalinated water, there will be no going back.
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Researchers are also looking into the possibility of piping desalinated water 150km to Beijing, which is the biggest urban drain on conventional resources.
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Guo Youzhi, head of the China Desalination Association, predicts the next five-year economic plan, due this spring, will ramp up incentives for alternative supplies of energy and water and set a target of 2m cubic metres of desalinated water per day, up 150% from current levels.
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However, the team from Ehrlich Architects took advantage of some of the “qualities” of this place (lying deep in the Persian Gulf) such as the existence of desalinated water and built this residence.
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Because desalinated water is so energy-dependent, water customers are vulnerable to rises in energy costs.
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