Quiz: What Do You Know About Desalination?
Quiz: What Do You Know About Desalination?
Test your knowledge about extracting fresh water from sea or brackish sources.
Desalination is in the news again, after the recent announcement that a new $757-million seawater desalination plant is going to be built in Corpus Christi, Texas, starting in 2025. This plant will have a capacity of 30 million gallons per day when complete.
There are some countries that rely on desalination for fresh water, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, but this technology hasn't really become as mainstream as its advocates have hoped. Despite that, there are thousands of existing desal plants around the world. See what you know about desalination and the state of the industry with this ASME quiz.
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