The most common desalination processes are distillation and reverse osmosis.
Additionally, desalination processes can increase the risk of bacterial contamination.
This reduces the energy demand for the desalination process significantly and thus the operating costs.
The argument used against the Kimberley to Perth Canal has been based on cost, with comparison with sea-water desalination processes.
Basically, two or more desalination processes are combined along with power production.
Evaporation of water over the oceans in the water cycle is a natural desalination process.
And are there any specific qualities of vacuum distillation that makes it better than other desalination processes?
Of the estimated 22 million m3 of freshwater being produced a day through desalination processes worldwide, less than 1% is made using solar energy.
As the point of view changed the bins came into view, half filled with wealth extracted from the sea, a by-product of the desalination process.
February's energy needs are only a third of those in the middle of summer-with such low generation, the combined generation and desalination process becomes much less efficient.