TY - BOOK ED - National Research Council (U.S.). ED - National Academies Press (U.S.) ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Desalination: a national perspective AV - TD479 .D465 2008eb PY - 2008/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - National Academies Press KW - Saline water conversion KW - United States KW - Water-supply KW - Environmental aspects KW - Water KW - Purification KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-261); Introduction -- Historical and contemporary context for desalination -- Water for the future -- State of the technology -- Environmental issues -- The costs and benefits of desalination -- Implementation issues -- A strategic research agenda for desalination; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10255030 ER -