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April 24, 2008
NRC Says there is Water Desalination in U.S. Future
In a report released today, the National Research Council (NRC) said that, with improving technologies, desalted seawater might just be a viable source for future potable water requirements.
"Uncertainties about desalination's (pictured) environmental impacts are currently a significant barrier to its wider use, and research on these effects - and ways to lessen them - should be the top priority," said Amy K. Zander, chair of the committee that wrote the report and a professor at Clarkson University.
"Finding ways to lower costs should also be an objective. A coordinated research effort dedicated to these goals could make desalination a more practical option for some communities facing water shortages," Zander said in a statement.
This report was sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as reported by the Associated Press.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at April 24, 2008 10:47 AM
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