GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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A major hurdle to desalination is
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its taste.
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its cost.
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its availability.
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its usability.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -“We’ve seen from experience, ‘’ Everts said, “and we’ve done studies that desalination is going to cost around $3, 000 an acre-foot.” Recycled water, he said, costs around $1, 600 to $1, 800 per acre-foot and imported water anywhere from $760 to $1, 100 per acre-foot depending on how clean it is.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are environmental costs to desalination as well: in the emissions of greenhouse gases from the large amount of energy used, and in the disposal of the brine, which in addition to being extremely salty is laced with toxic treatment chemicals.
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