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Five things to know about desalination | |
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2021-01-11 | |
发布年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 国际 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | More and more people in water-scarce countries rely on desalinated water for drinking, cooking and washing. The process involves removing salt from seawater and filtering it to produce drinking quality water. But the fossil fuels normally used in the energy-intensive desalination process contribute to global warming, and the toxic brine it produces pollutes coastal ecosystems. While shifting towards low-carbon energy sources to power desalination plants can help reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the discharge of toxic brine from desalination plants into the ocean is a more challenging problem. “New technologies are being developed to tackle these issues, but in the meantime it’s important to raise awareness of the trade-offs with desalination,” says Birguy Lamizana, a wastewater expert with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Here are five things to know about desalination:
Globally, 80 per cent of wastewater – whether it is the toxic brine generated by desalination or other types of waste - ends up in seas, rivers, lakes, and wetlands. Under the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities, UNEP is working to prevent degradation from land-based activities, such as the operation of desalination plants. The Global Programme also hosts and acts as the secretariat for the Global Wastewater Initiative. In March 2019, the United Nations Environment Assembly adopted a resolution on the protection of the marine environment from land-based activities. Protecting and restoring ecosystems from the impact of water, air and other types of pollution is a key tenet of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 and the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/310182 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
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