desalination

/ diːˌsælɪˈneɪʃən /

noun

1. the process of removing salt, esp from sea water so that it can be used for drinking or irrigation

Example Sentences

The country had productive water-focused agricultural planning, major cities’ plumbing upgraded to reduce leaks, and several desalination plants—all designed, built and operated by Israelis in partnership with Iranian experts and engineers.

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Satellite images from April 2024 show a seawater desalination plant which supplied northern Gaza and Gaza City still intact.

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The region has long predicted that dry spells would trigger water shortages, unless it diversified away from reservoirs, so Corpus Christi elected to build the first large-scale, municipally owned desalination plant in the country.

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While keeping water consumption in check, Webster said, the city also plans to build a desalination plant and a wastewater recycling facility.

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It also stated that it had resumed supplying power to a desalination plant in Gaza, which it said would "serve about 900,000 residents".

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