Seawater desalination in China – Where is it now and where is it going?

The Chinese government chose the week of the International Desalination Association’s World Congress in Tianjin to publish the latest of a new series of desalination yearbooks, the China Yearbook Of Seawater Desalination 2012. It reveals how the government is aiming to have its own self-sustaining desalination industry within a fairly short time. D&WR s editor, Robin Wiseman, looks at some of the content. This article first appeared in the November/December 2013 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.

The Chinese government chose the week of the International Desalination Association’s World Congress in Tianjin to publish the latest of a new series of desalination yearbooks, the China Yearbook Of Seawater Desalination 2012.

It reveals how the government is aiming to have its own self-sustaining desalination industry within a fairly short time.

D&WR’s editor, Robin Wiseman, looks at some of the content.

This article first appeared in the November/December 2013 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.