Throughout recorded history, the people of the Arabian Peninsula have depended primarily on rain for both their potable water and agricultural needs. Older conservation methods, such as small dams made of rocks and earth were used in suitable terrain, but elsewhere, most of the sparse rainfall eithe
Features of nuclear desalination systems for Saudi Arabia
โ Scribed by Ibrahim I. Kutbi; K.M. Al Sulaiman
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 734 KB
- Volume
- 97
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-9164
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โฆ Synopsis
In Saudi Arabia, due to an increasing population, a gradual depletion of groundwater reserves and operation of desalination plants at full capacity, provision of adequate potable water presents a major challenge to water suppliers. Seawater desalination is considered the best option, and as a source of energy, nuclear energy is considered here since it is less expensive and cleaner than fossil fuels, and it is renewable. Suggested configurations are presented and some recommendations made.
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