Abstract
Large‐scale use of desalination plants to produce drinkable water in the world's arid regions has increased rapidly in recent years. However, there has been no dramatic breakthrough in costs, according to a new United Nations study.Results of a survey of desalination plants, the second undertaken by the UN, indicates that treatment of sea water and brackish water is now an established procedure in the Mediterranean region, the Caribbean, Australia, Japan, North and South America, and the Middle East, where fuel costs are low. For example, at Juddah, on the Arabian coast of the Red Sea, a single desalination plant produces 5,000,000 gallons of water per day—enough for 100,000 persons.
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