Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun same as
desalinization .
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- noun Removal of salt and other minerals from water;
desalination .
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- noun the removal of salt (especially from sea water)
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Examples
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These will include a collaboration agreement on a nuclear-powered desalinisation plant, arms sales and other deals, he said.
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The cooperation agreement to develop the "peaceful use of nuclear energy" covers "the supply of one or more nuclear reactors for the desalinisation of sea water" and "support for the uranium exploration and exploitation."
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In locations where no adequate sources of fresh water exist but where sea water is near, desalinisation is one possible but costly option.
16. Water 1999
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Neither of the two basic methods - distillation using the sun's heat nor the use of modern desalinisation plants - is likely to meet immediate fresh water requirements in a major refugee emergency, and is therefore strongly discouraged.
16. Water 1999
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He said tests were being carried out daily on the waters around the ship and a nearby desalinisation plant that provides drinking water for the island's residents.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ryan Craggs 2012
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Locals and environmental groups say the scale of the project is bound to impact on the land as well as the sea -- with runoff from golf courses, desalinisation facilities and large yachts in a new marina.
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In a departure from Abu Dhabi's heavily airconditioned buildings (which, along with massive desalinisation plants, give the emirate its huge per capita greenhouse gas emissions), Masdar has gone back to traditional desert Arabian building methods: channelling wind through the city and careful use of shade to take the sting out of the desert sun, with average maximum summer temperatures near 40 degrees Celsius.
EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Australian: Matt Cham 2010
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PAUL Russel can you see a time when water becomes a huge export earner for us, because country's build desalinisation plants don't they?
NZ On Screen 2010
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Locals and environmental groups say the scale of the project is bound to impact on the land as well as the sea -- with runoff from golf courses, desalinisation facilities and large yachts in a new marina.
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Marengo, the Peruvian expert in meteorology and one of the contributors to the IPCC reports, believes that alternatives to water supplies from the glaciers - desalinisation of seawater, deep wells or connecting watersheds through giant infrastructure projects - are too costly.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Inter Press Service: 2009
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