The Desalination Megatrend

09 January 2018 | Worldwide by Dr Peter Harrop
The world has very little fresh water and it is running out. The fresh water of the ice caps is falling into the salty sea which is already 97% of the world's water. Rising sea levels will cause mayhem with the supplies of most of the world's cities because they sit low down near the sea. Much of India's water table drops around 0.3 meters a year. Why? Well Indians basically and there are going to be a lot more of them. Recycling of water is practiced only by a tiny percentage of the world's countries.
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