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Producing Potable Water from Saline Waters: Concept, Technologies, and Challenges

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Alternative Water Sources for Producing Potable Water

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Water scarcity is rapidly becoming critical in coastal areas, arid/semi-arid regions, and island countries around the world. The availability of seawater and brackish water resources and evolving desalination technologies provide significant opportunities to meet water demand. Furthermore, the rapidly evolving energy conservation techniques and emerging renewable energy technologies support the implementation of environmentally sustainable desalination infrastructure networks for densely populated coastal urban and other living environments. This chapter presents an overview of the basic aspects of desalination system components and critical aspects of the decision-making process regarding desalination plant implementation.

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This chapter is a modified and slightly updated version of a published book chapter by the author titled “Desalination: Concept and System Components” In: Corrosion and Fouling Control in Desalination industry [S. V. Saji, A.A. Meroufel, A.A. Sorour (Editors)], Springer Nature (2020), [Permission Number 5541871024562].

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Younos, T. (2023). Producing Potable Water from Saline Waters: Concept, Technologies, and Challenges. In: Younos, T., Lee, J., Parece, T.E. (eds) Alternative Water Sources for Producing Potable Water. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 124. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2023_1023

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