Challenges and solutions for global water scarcity

H Shemer, S Wald, R Semiat - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change, global population growth, and rising standards of living have put immense
strain on natural resources, resulting in the unsecured availability of water as an existential …

Environmental impact of desalination technologies: A review

K Elsaid, M Kamil, ET Sayed, MA Abdelkareem… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the limited availability of freshwater supplies, desalination has become an
increasingly reliable process for water supply worldwide, with proved technical and …

[HTML][HTML] Many risky feedback loops amplify the need for climate action

WJ Ripple, C Wolf, TM Lenton, JW Gregg, SM Natali… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Many feedback loops significantly increase warming due to greenhouse gas emissions.
However, not all of these feedbacks are fully accounted for in climate models. Thus …

[HTML][HTML] Can emerging membrane-based desalination technologies replace reverse osmosis?

C Skuse, A Gallego-Schmid, A Azapagic, P Gorgojo - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Growing uncertainty in the future availability of freshwater sources has led to an increase in
installations for desalination of seawater. Reverse osmosis (RO), currently the most widely …

Environmental impact of emerging desalination technologies: A preliminary evaluation

K Elsaid, ET Sayed, MA Abdelkareem… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Emerging desalination technologies are either a group of desalination techniques that have
not undergone commercialization due to the need for technological advancements. The …

Impacts of desalination brine discharge on benthic ecosystems

R Sirota, G Winters, O Levy, J Marques… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination facilities produce freshwater and, at the
same time, discharge hypersaline brine that often includes various chemical additives such …

[PDF][PDF] Desalination in the 21st century: a critical review of trends and debates

J Williams - Water Alternatives, 2022 - water-alternatives.org
Desalination–or the creation of'new'water by removing salt and impurities from saline,
brackish or contaminated water–has transformed water resource management in many parts …

Seawater quality at the brine discharge site from two mega size seawater reverse osmosis desalination plants in Israel (Eastern Mediterranean)

N Kress, Y Gertner, E Shoham-Frider - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Two mega-size seawater desalination plants, producing 240 Mm 3/y freshwater, discharge
brine into the Mediterranean coast of Israel through two marine outfalls, located 0.8 km …

Sustainable desalination: Long-term monitoring of brine discharge in the marine environment

I Sola, Y Fernández-Torquemada, A Forcada… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
The environmental impact of desalination is the most important concern related to its
sustainable development. We present the results of a long-term environmental plan to …

Recovery of salinity gradient energy in desalination plants by reverse electrodialysis

C Tristán, M Fallanza, R Ibáñez, I Ortiz - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Salinity gradient energy (SGE) capture by reverse electrodialysis (RED) is an emerging
technology to advance the phaseout of conventional water-intensive energy sources in …