Examples of desalinate in a Sentence
The company is building a plant that will desalinate seawater.
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In other intriguing news, San Diego County is looking into desalinating even more Pacific Ocean water — if other parts of the West looking to use less Colorado River water are willing to pay for it.
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
The treatment technology is similar to the process used for desalinating seawater, but recycling wastewater requires less energy and is less costly than turning saltwater into freshwater.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
Without fuel, water cannot be pumped or desalinated, generators that power hospitals – that keep incubators, ventilators and dialysis machines running and to sterilize surgical equipment – will fail.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
True, the amount of available water determines how productive the land will be, but it itself is partially determined by how much energy is available for pumping the water or desalinating it.
—Joel E Cohen, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
As more regions start to rely on desalination, using water from brackish inland sources may require building additional infrastructure to treat this water if it is polluted, before it can be desalinated.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 12 Feb. 2023
Polhemus said the costs for purifying wastewater will probably be about half those of desalinating ocean water.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
The hope had been to have a virtuous cycle of reuse; but engineers realized that even desalinating water would require a level of clean energy beyond reach, short of blanketing Abu Dhabi in solar panels.
—Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
Surface water and dependable power would make pumping, desalinating and treating the water possible.
—Daniel Wolfe, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
The treatment technology is similar to the process used for desalinating seawater, but recycling wastewater requires less energy and is less costly than turning saltwater into freshwater.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
Without fuel, water cannot be pumped or desalinated, generators that power hospitals – that keep incubators, ventilators and dialysis machines running and to sterilize surgical equipment – will fail.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
True, the amount of available water determines how productive the land will be, but it itself is partially determined by how much energy is available for pumping the water or desalinating it.
—Joel E Cohen, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
As more regions start to rely on desalination, using water from brackish inland sources may require building additional infrastructure to treat this water if it is polluted, before it can be desalinated.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 12 Feb. 2023
Polhemus said the costs for purifying wastewater will probably be about half those of desalinating ocean water.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
The hope had been to have a virtuous cycle of reuse; but engineers realized that even desalinating water would require a level of clean energy beyond reach, short of blanketing Abu Dhabi in solar panels.
—Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
Surface water and dependable power would make pumping, desalinating and treating the water possible.
—Daniel Wolfe, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
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