Any advice on Seawater Desalination vs. Direct Potable Reuse?

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Which microtomy technique do you suggest for thin and delicate root sectioning ?And, how to preserve and process the roots before sectioning?

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Specify the Burgers vectors for dislocations, which cannot be uniquely identified.?

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How to improve dissolution of neosome?

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Has anyone done Archard Wear Simulation of GFRP Composite Plate in ANSYS with ACT extension or UDF?

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Which root in this tap root system, in the picture attached, should be used for root sectioning in order to study the root anatomical details?

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Possible problem for showing 0.2 sun intensity instead of 1 sun intensity in AAA class Newport solar simulator?

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What is the best method for preparation of Polymeric nanoparticles for co-delivery?

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How can I get access of UNAfold tool?

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Research on Supply Chain Management in Indian context?

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How to separate water from glycerol solvent in a solvent recovery vacuum distillation column?

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What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

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Why is the sum of the elements in a row in a Q matrix equal to zero?

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How does an AC-DC power supply Flyback Converter Based USB Charger Model using Matlab/Simulink looks like?

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To date, according to health authorities, 30% of the population's diseases are initiated by drinking water pollution. Do you know this problem?

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Multinomial probabilities and confidence intervals - obtaining the CI of the reference category?

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What are some underexplored theories and concepts in Activated Carbon as A Water Filter?

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may water purifier unit

Michael Lever

Each technology has advantages and disadvantages. If all things are equal with respect to supply certainty, sustainability and costs etc. seawater desalination is the correct choice as it “superdominates” (Pasacal)

Virendra Kumar Saxena

Anand your topic is very interesting and useful. You may get good matter in the following :

Proceedings of conference on Desalination and the Environment sponsored by the Europian Desalination Society and centre for Research and Technology Hellas ( CERTH ) Sani Resort, Halkidiki, Grece, April 22-25, 2007.