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Ep. 173 Desalination Pt 1: So Salty
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Climate change is happening, two billion people don't have a reliable and safe supply of fresh water, and the problem isn't likely to get a whole lot better on its own!
Desalination is the process of making fresh water from salt water, but what is the current state of the technology? Find out on this episode of Petri Dish! Next time, we will discuss the near-future iterations on desalination!
References:
- https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/saline-water-and-salinity
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6801928/
- https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/where-earths-water
- https://water.ca.gov/water-basics/groundwater
- https://data.unicef.org/resources/progress-on-household-drinking-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-2000-2020/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001191642100254X
- https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/23659/chapter/14
- https://phys.org/news/2019-08-technique-membranes-next-generation-filtration-desalination.html
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376738821002416
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011916420313114
197 episodi
Manage episode 356532733 series 2634368
Climate change is happening, two billion people don't have a reliable and safe supply of fresh water, and the problem isn't likely to get a whole lot better on its own!
Desalination is the process of making fresh water from salt water, but what is the current state of the technology? Find out on this episode of Petri Dish! Next time, we will discuss the near-future iterations on desalination!
References:
- https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/saline-water-and-salinity
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6801928/
- https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/where-earths-water
- https://water.ca.gov/water-basics/groundwater
- https://data.unicef.org/resources/progress-on-household-drinking-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-2000-2020/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001191642100254X
- https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/23659/chapter/14
- https://phys.org/news/2019-08-technique-membranes-next-generation-filtration-desalination.html
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376738821002416
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011916420313114
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