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Sustainable Desalination and Water ReuseIntroduction

Sustainable Desalination and Water Reuse: Introduction [In the past half century, explosive population growth, rapid industrialization and the trend toward urbanization has lead to over pumping of groundwater for agricultural irrigation and surface water contamination by untreated industrial waste discharge. Combining those factors with upcoming “mega” droughts (> 40 years) due to climate change will leave many areas of the world increasingly vulnerable to water shortages. For example, in 2018, the world counted down to “Day 0” in Cape Town, South Africa—the day when municipal water supplies were largely switched off and residents had to queue up for their daily ration of water. The City of Cape Town was the first major city in the world to “run out” of water, but it likely will not be the last.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Sustainable Desalination and Water ReuseIntroduction

Part of the Synthesis Lectures on Sustainable Development Book Series
Editors: Hoek, Eric M. V.; Jassby, David; Kaner, Richard B.
Wu, Jishan; Wang, Jingbo; Liu, Yiming; Rao, Unnati
Sustainable Desalination and Water Reuse — Jan 1, 2021
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
ISBN
978-3-031-79507-7
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1 –2
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-79508-4_1
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Abstract

[In the past half century, explosive population growth, rapid industrialization and the trend toward urbanization has lead to over pumping of groundwater for agricultural irrigation and surface water contamination by untreated industrial waste discharge. Combining those factors with upcoming “mega” droughts (> 40 years) due to climate change will leave many areas of the world increasingly vulnerable to water shortages. For example, in 2018, the world counted down to “Day 0” in Cape Town, South Africa—the day when municipal water supplies were largely switched off and residents had to queue up for their daily ration of water. The City of Cape Town was the first major city in the world to “run out” of water, but it likely will not be the last.]

Published: Jan 1, 2021

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