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Desalination in Developing Countries
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1967.tb03509.x
Subject(s) - desalination , economic shortage , soviet union , developing country , nuclear power , population , business , natural resource economics , environmental science , environmental protection , economic growth , economics , political science , environmental health , medicine , chemistry , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , membrane , government (linguistics) , law , ecology , politics , biology
This article discusses a 1966 United Nations report, which indicates that acute water shortages in many developing countries during the past few years, caused in part by the growth of population and economic activity, has led to a rapid and significant increase in the number and total capacity of desalting plants. This includes two large nuclear desalting plants designed for both power generation and desalting in the Soviet Union and the United States.