Product Description: The Bureau of Reclamation and Sandia National Laboratories jointly developed the Roadmap to serve as a strategic research pathway for desalination and water purification technologies to meet future water needs. The book recommends that the Roadmap include a sharper focus on the research and technological advancements needed to reach the long-term objectives...read more

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Product Description: Industrial desalination of sea and brackish water is becoming an essential part in providing sustainable sources of fresh water for a larger number of communities around the world. Desalination is a main source of fresh water in the Gulf countries, a number of the Caribbean and Mediterranean Islands, and several municipalities in a large number of countries...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Irrigation-induced salinity seriously threatens the future of sustainable agriculture worldwide. This paper examines the causes of salinity and its rapid increase in various countries. It discusses ways in which farmers, governments, and donor agencies can deal more effectively with the salinity crisis...read more

Product Description: The desalination of saline and brackish water in countries in climatically dry regions is gaining significance, as increasingly large quantities of desalinated water are required for drinking, irrigation and other purposes. Moreover, independent of geographical conditions, the purification of industrial waste water is of growing importance...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)