ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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the process of adding salt to fresh water.
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the process of removing oil from the ground
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the process of removing salt from seawater.
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process of making crude oil into gasoline for cars
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Detailed explanation-1: -Desalination is an artificial process by which saline water (generally sea water) is converted to fresh water. The most common desalination processes are distillation and reverse osmosis. There are several methods. Each has advantages and disadvantages but all are useful.
Detailed explanation-2: -Desalination is the process of removing salts or other minerals and contaminants from seawater, brackish water, and wastewater effluent and it is an increasingly common solution to obtain fresh water for human consumption and for domestic/industrial utilization.
Detailed explanation-3: -The process is called desalination, and it is being used more and more around the world to provide people with needed freshwater.
Detailed explanation-4: -The capital Riyadh, located in the heart of the country, is supplied with desalinated water pumped from the Arabian Gulf over a distance of 467 km. Water is provided almost for free to residential users. Despite improvements, service quality remains poor, for example in terms of continuity of supply.