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Second Part Of Desalination Plan Completed
Albuquerque NM (UPI) Jun 08, 2006 U.S. government scientists say they will soon release an updated Desalination and Water Purification Roadm U.S. government scientists say they will soon release an updated Desalination and Water Purification Roadmap -- "Roadmap 2." Sandia National Laboratories researchers Pat Brady and Tom Hinkebein say the first road map identified overall goals and areas of desalination research. It was submitted to Congress in 2003. Brady said the second road map will recommend specific areas of potential water desalination research and development that may lead to technological solutions to water shortage problems. "Population growth in the U.S. is expected to increase 13.6 percent per decade (during the next two decades)," said Hinkebein, manager of Sandia's Geochemistry Department and head of Sandia's Advanced Concepts Desalination Group. "Put that together with an unequal distribution of people -- more moving to Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico where fresh water is limited -- and it is easy to see we are facing a challenging water future." Roadmap 2 will outline specific research needed in high-impact areas to create fresh water from undrinkable brackish water, seawater and wastewater. It will also ensure there is no duplication of research. Sandia is a National Nuclear Security Administration laboratory operated by Lockheed-Martin for the U.S. Department of Energy. Sandia National Laboratories researchers Pat Brady and Tom Hinkebein say the first roadmap identified overall goals and areas of desalination research. It was submitted to Congress in 2003. Brady said the second roadmap will recommend specific areas of potential water desalination research and development that may lead to technological solutions to water shortage problems. "Population growth in the U.S. is expected to increase 13.6 percent per decade (during the next two decades)," said Hinkebein, manager of Sandia's Geochemistry Department and head of Sandia's Advanced Concepts Desalination Group. "Put that together with an unequal distribution of people -- more moving to Texas, California, Arizona, and New Mexico where fresh water is limited -- and it is easy to see we are facing a challenging water future." Roadmap 2 will outline specific research needed in high-impact areas to create fresh water from currently undrinkable brackish water, from seawater, and from wastewater. It will also ensure there is no duplication of research. Sandia is a National Nuclear Security Administration laboratory operated by Lockheed-Martin for the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Global Clean Water Scarcity A Failure Of Public Policy
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jun 06, 2006Now is the time to address the devastating effects of increasing water scarcity and declining water quality around the world, according to a recently released white paper written jointly by Sandia National Laboratories and the Washington think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). |
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