Hard Engineering Schemes - Desalination Plants

Question 1

Desalination plants

Answer 1

Provide an effective way of removing the salt from seawater 2 produce clean safe drinking water
Process is high financially expensive + energy extensive

Question 2

Desalination plants: Israel

Answer 2

Source of salt water for Israel’s desalination plants = Mediterranean Sea
2013 Israel had 5 fully functioning desalination plants
2020 Israel supplies 70% of its domestic water supplies from desalination plants

Question 3

Pros

Answer 3

Desalination plants provide a supply of water that is both reliable + predictable
Desalination plants = able to produce up to 600 tonnes of clean drinking water an hour

Question 4

Cons

Answer 4

Desalination plants are so energy exhaustive that each plant needs it’s own power station
By-product of salt water is brine (v salty liquid) which can be extremely damaging 2 the environment