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- verb Present participle of
desalinate .
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Examples
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The City of Cape Town appears to have dumped the idea of desalinating seawater as part of its long-term plan to provide potable water for the rapidly-growing metropole.
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Israel is now desalinating seawater on an industrial scale and dreaming of selling water to its neighbours.
Environmental Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Before Israel started desalinating, 60% of its water supply came from two sources which are located on politically conflicted land; Lake Tiberias (also known as the Sea of Galilee) - whose eastern coastline is claimed by Syria, and the West Bank Mountain Aquifer - which lies beneath what is now Palestinian territory.
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These comma-shaped glands essentially act as a second set of kidneys, desalinating the seawater they drink by filtering the salt from their blood.
The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010
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There are several possible solutions, including diverting a river, and desalinating water.
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Before Israel started desalinating, 60% of its water supply came from two sources which are located on politically conflicted land; Lake Tiberias (also known as the Sea of Galilee) - whose eastern coastline is claimed by Syria, and the West Bank Mountain Aquifer - which lies beneath what is now Palestinian territory.
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Just as bad, if it's ever completed, is the cost as leading hydrologists point out: "desalinating seawater and pumping it to the West Bank .... would cost around $1 per cubic meter," an impossible amount for Palestinians to pay at an exchange rate of 3.3 shekels to the dollar.
Drought and Israeli Policy Threaten West Bank Water Security 2008
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Just as bad, if it's ever completed, is the cost as leading hydrologists point out: "desalinating seawater and pumping it to the West Bank .... would cost around $1 per cubic meter," an impossible amount for Palestinians to pay at an exchange rate of 3.3 shekels to the dollar.
Drought and Israeli Policy Threaten West Bank Water Security 2008
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It's another method of desalinating sea water, but here again there's the cost.
Drought and Israeli Policy Threaten West Bank Water Security 2008
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It's another method of desalinating sea water, but here again there's the cost.
Drought and Israeli Policy Threaten West Bank Water Security 2008
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