Desalination: Status and Federal Issues

Carter, Nicole T.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Saline water conversion;    Water resources;    Water purification;    Water treatment plants;   

RP-ID  :  R40477
RP-ID  :  R40477_2009Dec30

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses desalination in the context of federalpolicy. Interest in desalination of seawater, brackish water, and contaminated freshwater has increased in the United States as the technology's costs have fallen and pressure to develop new water supplies has grown. Adoption of desalination, however, remains constrained by financial, environmental, and regulatory and social factors.