Local Planet on BFMTV Marseille. Broadcast of October 10, 2022: desalination of sea water as a solution to water shortage?…

The Stockholm Resilience Centre has identified 9 global limits that must not be exceeded in order not to compromise the conditions of life on Earth. Some of these limits have already been crossed. Here is an explanation of these limitations….

For one liter of drinking water, an average of one and a half liters of brine is discharged, with harmful effects on the environment. According to a major meta-analysis on seawater desalination commissioned by UNU-INWEH (Institute for Water, Environment and Health, a United Nations study…

Rising populations and dwindling water supplies have caused many countries, such as the Middle East, Australia, California and China, to turn to the oceans and other salt waters as a source of drinking water. But desalination plants are energy intensive and produce a potentially environmentally…

There is a lot of water on earth, about 1380 million km3. However, most of this water is seawater (97.2%) or ice (2.15%), which cannot be used directly. Freshwater, which is readily available in places like lakes, rivers and some underground springs, accounts for only…