Role of desalination in addressing water scarcity / Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.

There is a growing concern among the international community that a pending water crisis is threatening the entire global population, not only those living in arid to semi-arid areas. This report, the second in the series of the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR), gives and overvi...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Connect to online resource
Corporate Author: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: New York : United Nations, 2009.
Series:ESCWA water development report ; 3.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Review of water resources : supply and demand
  • Desalination capacity and future prospects
  • Overview of desalination technologies
  • Examining the full cost of desalination
  • Reducing the cost of desalination
  • Conclusions and recommendations.