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Essay / Water Scarcity Case Study - 1294
(Introduction to Desalination Technologies in Australia, 2002) http://www.sydneydesal.com.au4. 2.4 Utilization Overall, a large number of desalination plants were built in half a century, from 1965 to 2011. The chart below shows the location and distribution of desalination plants by country. According to the Water Desalination Report, desalinated water is mainly used in the Middle East (mainly Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain), which accounts for 70% of global capacity; and in North Africa (mainly Libya and Algeria), which represent almost 6% of global capacity. Among developed countries, the United States is one of the largest users of desalinated water (6.5%), particularly in California and Florida. (Desalination.com, 2016) www.desalination.comThe graphic below represents information on the location of declination plants.5.5 Water quality “More than 300 million people in 150 countries now have access to quality and harmless water from desalination. There are more than 15,000 desalination plants worldwide. » (Neil Palmer,2013