to desalt

Examples

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• Some of the Middle Eastern countries with big oil incomes are removing salt from seawater by osmosis or distillation and pumping the desalted water to their people.

  Blog text (25)

• In the view of some observers, if desalting were to become both physically and economically practicable, the major framework for supply-demand analysis would change radically.

  Academic text (2001)

• The demand for fresh water will create new ways to desalt seawater.

  Blog text (25)

• Extravagant proposals, taken seriously less than a generation ago, were made to build impossibly expensive plants to desalt seawater; to construct a water pipeline from the Yukon River to the lower 48 states; and even to tow icebergs from the Arctic to southern California for melting.

  Academic text (1990)

• The world's largest plant, in Saudi Arabia, produces 128 million gallons per day of desalted water; in all, desalination provides 70 percent of the country's drinkable water.

  Academic text (2004)

• Following the old adage that success breeds success, Fairfield, Iowa, is building an EDR plant to desalt groundwater that will then be blended in an existing lime softened water system for up to 4.0 mgd of product water.

  Academic text (2003)

• Scientists are working on new technologies to desalt ocean water for drinking purposes.

• Many countries rely on large facilities to desalt seawater and provide fresh water to their populations.

• Innovations in processes that desalt water will help address global water scarcity issues.

Synonyms

D

to desalinate

vsto desalt

• Specialized

3 6.7

To remove salt from water so people can drink it or use it to water crops

focuses specifically on taking out salt rather than also removing minerals

D

to deionize

vsto desalt

• Specialized

1 8.6

To remove ions from water to make it purer

targets removing salt specifically rather than eliminating all ions

D

to demineralize

vsto desalt

• Specialized

1 8.0

To remove minerals and salts from water or teeth

is narrower, aiming mainly at removing salt rather than many minerals

D

to desalinize

vsto desalt

• Specialized

6.8

To remove salt from water so it is safe to drink

is the same in meaning but differs as an alternative spelling form

Antonyms

S

to salinate

• Specialized

1 7.2

To make something salty by adding salt

How Salty

to salt

31 1.0

to rinse

83 1.0

to desalt

• Specialized

6.0

to distill

• Specialized

11 5.2

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