Comparing Desalination and Recycling for Water Supply Augmentation

The quest to secure new and durable supplies of potable water is being pursued in a growing number of regions of the world as existing supplies diminish and populations grow. The authors describe here a means to appraise options that accounts for all of the chief factors in any locality that might influence a decision on how to meet the community s water requirements. This article first appeared in the August 2014 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.

The quest to secure new and durable supplies of potable water is being pursued in a growing number of regions of the world as existing supplies diminish and populations grow. The authors describe here a means to appraise options that accounts for all of the chief factors in any locality that might influence a decision on how to meet the community’s water requirements.

This article first appeared in the August 2014 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.