Quantifying the actual benefits of large-scale seawater desalination in Israel

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 26-37

  Tenne, A ^a   Hoffman, D ^b   Levi, E ^b  

^a Israel Water Authority   (Israel)

^b ADAN Tech/Economic Services Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Desalinated water quantity and quality related benefits; Israel's national water supply system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875791296     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.695047     Document Type: Article

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