Spain’s desalination dreams run dry

Political rivalries and the cost of water that is produced by desalination plants is proving a challenge for the development of the concept in Spain, despite being a country with water shortages.

ESO: Background information: Quenching thirst with desalinated ideas http://www.europeansources.info/record/quenching-thirst-with-desalinated-ideas/

Technology Review: New Technologies in Spain: Desalination in Spain http://www.technologyreview.com/microsites/spain/water/docs/Spain_desalination.pdf

Website: International Desalination Association http://www.idadesal.org/

Wikipedia: Desalination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination

WWF: Press Release, 19.6.07: Desalination: Option or distraction for a thirsty world? http://wwf.panda.org/index.cfm?uNewsID=106660

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