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Desalination Report available online

Posted by: Maven on September 1, 2008 at 6:45 am

From the Water Wired blog, the National Acadamies Press is now offering a comprehensive report on desalination, which you can read for free online. From the press release:

Recent advances in technology have made removing salt from seawater and groundwater a realistic option for increasing water supplies in some parts of the U.S., and desalination will likely have a niche in meeting the nation’s future water needs, says a new report from the National Research Council. However, a coordinated research effort with steady funding is required to better understand and minimize desalination’s environmental impacts — and find ways to further lower its costs and energy use.

“Uncertainties about desalination’s environmental impacts are currently a significant barrier to its wider use, and research on these effects — and ways to lessen them — should be the top priority,” said Amy K. Zander, chair of the committee that wrote the report and professor at Clarkson University, Potsdam, N.Y. “Finding ways to lower costs should also be an objective. A coordinated research effort dedicated to these goals could make desalination a more practical option for some communities facing water shortages.”

The report says environmental research should be the highest priority, and that more research & development is needed to reduce energy use and the associated costs. Read the rest of the press release by clicking here. Read the report online free by clicking here. Read Water Wired’s thoughts on it by clicking here.

September 1, 2008 · Filed Under Desalination

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