Definition of desalinize in English:
desalinize
(British desalinise)
verb diːˈsalɪnʌɪzdēˈsaləˌnīz
US another term for desalinate
Example sentencesExamples
- Does anyone know how I could buy desalinized water?
- In southwestern Florida, the water district is reportedly spending more than a billion U.S. dollars to come up with ways to meet the growing demand, including desalinizing ocean water.
- The island's location, in the doldrums of the Caribbean, forces it to rely on desalinized ocean water, which is very expensive.
- But in reality if you add those costs, I believe the cost of water that you are drinking is higher than the desalinized water.
- I'm more than happy we'll be drinking desalinized water rather than recycled water from the treatment plant.
Derivatives
noun
US This process is also known as desalinization, desalting or saline water reclamation.
Example sentencesExamples
- We need more reservoirs and desalinisation plants, plus some visionary diversions of water from wet to dry areas, together with connecting pipelines.
- The plan calls for petrochemical plants, along with power stations and desalinization plants that will sell their output to local customers.
- We also know the desalinization is expensive and will cause marine pollution when the hot, briny residue is dumped back in the sea.
- Matters also are likely to become worse as new ways are found to exploit the seas, from power generation to ocean mining to cheap desalinization.