DALLAS, Nov. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Global Desalination Market 2013-2023 is a recent utility report that says primary drivers of the desalination market are increased urbanisation / industrialisation, water scarcity and inadequate or under maintained water infrastructure.
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The Global Desalination Market 2013-2023 report analyses how this important market will develop over the next ten years. The report quantifies the market in terms of global size and breaks the market down into key leading countries with forecasts and analysis provided for each of these markets from 2013-2023. The report also examines the major drivers and restraints influencing the market over the next decade and explains the major technologies and developments within the market, analysing which nations will drive capital investment in the desalination sectors.
The Global Desalination Market 2013-2023 report (http://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/ ... -2023.html ) details the prospects for this dynamic utility sector with detailed forecasts from 2013-2023. The report will be valuable to those already involved in the desal market or to those wishing to enter this important market in the future.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Shaved Monkey wrote:Our de sal is busy pumping water into the ocean
They planned it pre GFC when the town was booming,(they where expecting a ten fold increase in population and massive tourism) and we were in a decade long drought.
GFC killed the boom
The once in 100 year floods 2 years in a row filled up the aquifers,but the construction was paid for and went on.
You cant have them just sitting there or they rust so on it goes pumping water into the ocean.
It will be interesting to see what makes them turn it off?
We arent going to have another boom,the aquifers will last for decades even it it doesnt rain,meanwhile the running costs of the plant keep ticking over,for no net benefit to anyone but the people getting paid to run it.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Water-related energy use in California also consumes approximately 20 percent of the state’s electricity, and 30 percent of the state’s non-power plant natural gas (i.e. natural gas not used to produce electricity).
-California Energy Commission
Because agriculture is one of the largest consumers of water in the Kingdom, the Gazette adds that the government is abandoning its plans for food security — eventually eliminating government agricultural subsidies — and will rely wholly on imported food sources by 2016.
Desalination reportedly has a significant carbon footprint. Tafline Laylin, writing on Green Prophet, says 90% of the Kingdom’s water supply is created by desalination, “which leaves the Emirate no choice but to find new and innovative solutions to water scarcity that don’t sop up the country’s own energy.” There is increased interest throughout the Gulf states to make desalination more sustainable through using renewable energy sources in the production, such as solar power. Saudi Arabia gets between 200 and 300 hours of sunshine every month.
Subjectivist wrote:Lore is right, follow in Pops footsteps and abandon California while you can still sell whatever you own there and use the money to restart somewhere else.
As for facts and figures, lots o links in the desalination thread, not sure how many of hem are still current.
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Newfie wrote:Thought you might glean something from this.
http://www.rwlwater.com/saudi-arabia-se ... alination/Because agriculture is one of the largest consumers of water in the Kingdom, the Gazette adds that the government is abandoning its plans for food security — eventually eliminating government agricultural subsidies — and will rely wholly on imported food sources by 2016.
Desalination reportedly has a significant carbon footprint. Tafline Laylin, writing on Green Prophet, says 90% of the Kingdom’s water supply is created by desalination, “which leaves the Emirate no choice but to find new and innovative solutions to water scarcity that don’t sop up the country’s own energy.” There is increased interest throughout the Gulf states to make desalination more sustainable through using renewable energy sources in the production, such as solar power. Saudi Arabia gets between 200 and 300 hours of sunshine every month.
Achievable costs in 2013 range from 0.5 to 1 US$/cubic metre (2 to 4 US$/kgal). (See below: "Economics"). The cost of untreated fresh water in the developing world can reach 5 US$/cubic metre.
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