Water, Water Everywhere . . .
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‘substantial programme’ of research into methods of desalination.
The Committee on Desalination Research was also placed under the
Authority and the project launched with a three—year budgetof Jér—3
million (just over 353 million). However this was not the start of
the country’s interest in the subject; by this same year, a handful of
British manufacturers had installed some 60 per cent of the world’s
land—based units. The British Government wanted to …see this lead
maintained. In December 1967 a second programme was announced
.
involving an estimated 754 million over the period ending March 31,
1971. This further expansion of the desalination effort included the
development of commercial designs prepared during the previous
_
programme.
In
where the present water supplies fall short of the
potential demand by as much as 50 per cent, the impetus for
developing methods of desalting the sea and brackish water derives
from the question of survival rather than commercial interest.
,
Under the guidance of the country’s Sea Water Conversion
mission, the Israelis carry out an extensive research programme
which they hope will lead them eventually to emancipation from the
threat of serious shortages of water. The country already boasts
several desalting installations including the Zarchin desalinatio‘
plant at Eilat.
A shottage of quite another kind prompted ]apan’s initial interest
in desalination—lack of natural deposits of salt. Today a million
tons of salt is taken from the sea every year. On the whole there is
no shortage of water, but sometimes unusual circumstances do lead
to a demand for fresh water as well as salt. On a small island near
Sasebo City the population has been swollen by the labour needed
for a coal mine. The Sakito Salt Manufacturing Company has been
able to exploit this unusual situation by building a
which provides salt and
needed by the island populace.
With theirconsiderable marine interests, Japanese companies have
also concentrat'ed over the past twenty—ve years or so onthecostruction of desalting units for use at sea,
units
,
suitable for small ships. Apart from such commercialenterprises the
Government Chemical Industrial Researchlstitute at Tokyo and
the ]apan Monopoly Corporation (reSponSible for thesupply and price
of salt) are engaged in research into most aspects of desalination. ;
.
Theflist ofnati0n‘S‘Who have their sightsse‘t on economic desalina—
tion does not end with the mention of four countries; many others
93
‘substantial programme’ of research into methods of desalination.
The Committee on Desalination Research was also placed under the
Authority and the project launched with a three—year budgetof Jér—3
million (just over 353 million). However this was not the start of
the country’s interest in the subject; by this same year, a handful of
British manufacturers had installed some 60 per cent of the world’s
land—based units. The British Government wanted to …see this lead
maintained. In December 1967 a second programme was announced
.
involving an estimated 754 million over the period ending March 31,
1971. This further expansion of the desalination effort included the
development of commercial designs prepared during the previous
_
programme.
In
where the present water supplies fall short of the
potential demand by as much as 50 per cent, the impetus for
developing methods of desalting the sea and brackish water derives
from the question of survival rather than commercial interest.
,
Under the guidance of the country’s Sea Water Conversion
mission, the Israelis carry out an extensive research programme
which they hope will lead them eventually to emancipation from the
threat of serious shortages of water. The country already boasts
several desalting installations including the Zarchin desalinatio‘
plant at Eilat.
A shottage of quite another kind prompted ]apan’s initial interest
in desalination—lack of natural deposits of salt. Today a million
tons of salt is taken from the sea every year. On the whole there is
no shortage of water, but sometimes unusual circumstances do lead
to a demand for fresh water as well as salt. On a small island near
Sasebo City the population has been swollen by the labour needed
for a coal mine. The Sakito Salt Manufacturing Company has been
able to exploit this unusual situation by building a
which provides salt and
needed by the island populace.
With theirconsiderable marine interests, Japanese companies have
also concentrat'ed over the past twenty—ve years or so onthecostruction of desalting units for use at sea,
units
,
suitable for small ships. Apart from such commercialenterprises the
Government Chemical Industrial Researchlstitute at Tokyo and
the ]apan Monopoly Corporation (reSponSible for thesupply and price
of salt) are engaged in research into most aspects of desalination. ;
.
Theflist ofnati0n‘S‘Who have their sightsse‘t on economic desalina—
tion does not end with the mention of four countries; many others