Fog as a Fresh-Water Resource: Overview and Perspectives

Summary:In a recent study (Weeks and Campbell, in press), we made a rather complete examination of the idea that icebergs could advantageously be used as a source of fresh water. The origin of the general idea of transporting icebergs is obscure; it may date from the 1850's when ice was transported from Alaska to California as a commercial venture. The current revival of the idea, in particular as applied to the water problems of southern California, can be credited to John Issacs of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (Burt, 1956). However no critical evaluation was ever published. We initially undertook the present study because our intuition “told” us that the idea was untenable and we thought that we could easily prove that this was the case, thereby laying the idea to rest. Our intuition proved to be wrong and we now believe that the idea is, indeed, highly attractive when applied to certain locations in the Southern Hemisphere. This note briefly outlines our approach to analyzing the problem and our results

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Nile Basin Asymmetries: A Closed Fresh Water Resource, Soil Water Potential, the Political Economy and Nile Transboundary Hydropolitics

The Nile - Monographiae Biologicae ◽

10.1007/978-1-4020-9726-3_35 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 749-770 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

John Anthony Allan

Keyword(s):

Political Economy ◽

Water Potential ◽

Soil Water ◽

Fresh Water ◽

Water Resource ◽

Soil Water Potential ◽

The Political ◽

Nile Basin ◽

Fresh Water Resource

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Economic Evaluation of Nuclear Reactor Coupling with Seawater Desalination Facility

Volume 3: Structural Integrity; Nuclear Engineering Advances; Next Generation Systems; Near Term Deployment and Promotion of Nuclear Energy ◽

10.1115/icone14-89171 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Danrong Song ◽

Tong Liu ◽

Hua Zhao

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Economic Evaluation ◽

Fresh Water ◽

Water Resource ◽

21St Century ◽

Nuclear Reactor ◽

Sea Water ◽

The World ◽

Drinkable Water ◽

Fresh Water Resource

Nowadays only 1/2000 of overall fresh water resource can be used in the world, 1.1 billion people in the world are short of safety drinkable water, so the supply of freshwater is one of the major problems facing to the world in 21st century. China is one of the thirteen water-poorest countries and fresh water has become a choke point of the economic development in those water-poor regions. The desalination of sea water is a very important way to find new fresh water resource and sea water is inexhaustible.

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Space Technologies For The Research Of Effective Water Management – A Case Study

Commerce in Space - Advances in Electronic Commerce ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-624-2.ch001 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Angie Bukley ◽

Olga Zhdanovich

Keyword(s):

Water Management ◽

Resource Management ◽

Fresh Water ◽

Water Resource ◽

Water Resource Management ◽

Project Team ◽

Final Report ◽

Summer Session ◽

Effective Water

This chapter summarizes the collective work of a team of students who participated in the 2004 International Space University Summer Session Program in Adelaide, Australia. The project is called STREAM, which stands for Space Technologies for the Research of Effective wAter Management. The work represented in this chapter was accomplished as part of the intensive space studies curriculum offered during the summer session. The team project focused on the importance of fresh water resource management and its impact on the surrounding communities. The team explored various space technologies and their current and future potential to enhance water resource management. A real world case study of Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) was performed to provide the central focus of the project. Based on the results of the case study, the team then extrapolated their results to other regions of the globe that are experiencing challenges to their fresh water supply. A significant space technology recommendation developed by the STREAM project team was to improve the soil moisture measurement capabilities in the MDB. The primary goal of the STREAM project team is that the recommendations outlined in the extensive final report (STREAM Team, 2004) will receive full attention from policy makers concerned with the water issues surrounding the MDB.

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The Application of Seawater Desalination Technology in Guangdong

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.864-867.2175 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 864-867 ◽

pp. 2175-2178

Author(s):

Guan Jia Huang ◽

Shao Mei Fang ◽

Jian Xian ◽

Jie Mei Jiang

Keyword(s):

Fresh Water ◽

Water Resource ◽

Seawater Desalination ◽

Desalination Technology ◽

Water Strategy ◽

The Cost

With the growth of population and the increasing scarcity of water resource, making a good water strategy is more and more important. Seawater desalination is the technology to get fresh water from seawater. We construct a model to estimate the cost of desalinization in 2025 and give some advises about the desalination project.

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Prediction of China's Water Shortage in the Year of 2025

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.409-410.83 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 409-410 ◽

pp. 83-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fu Rong Zhang

Keyword(s):

Neural Network ◽

Mathematical Model ◽

Fresh Water ◽

Neural Network Model ◽

Water Scarcity ◽

Water Demand ◽

Water Shortage ◽

Gray Model ◽

International Water ◽

Fresh Water Resource

In order to predict the demand of fresh water in China in the year of 2025, a mathematical model is proposed based on the summation of demand of water in ten major regions in China. The gray model is applied to predict the fresh water resource in the year of 2025 while neural network model is applied to predict the fresh water demand. The degree of water shortage is evaluated by the international water scarcity assessment criteria which are commonly used. The conclusion is that some provinces in China may be faced with big challenges for water shortage.

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