disalination

It refers to any of several processes that remove some amount of salt and other minerals from saline water. Water is desalinated to obtain freshwater suitable for animal consumption or irrigation, or, if almost all of the salt is removed, for human consumption. Large-scale desalination typically requires large amounts of energy as well as specialized, expensive infrastructure, making it very costly compared to the use of freshwater from rivers or groundwater. Thus, desalination is a viable technology in affluent regions close to coastlines, but it is currently not an option for poverty-stricken areas or places that are at high altitudes or far inland. So this means that disalination is important but can be dangerous.



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