Addressing Desalination’s Carbon Footprint: The Israeli Experience

摘要: Given the extraordinary proliferation of seawater desalination plants, Israel’s transition to become a country that almost exclusively relies on for municipal water supply is instructive as case study, especially given concerns about technology’s prodigious carbon footprint. This article offers detailed description country’s desal experience with focus associated energy requirements, environmental policies and perspectives decision makers. plants are arguably most energy-efficient in world. The present consensus among government engineers, however, meaningful improvements efficiency unlikely foreseeable future. Official evaluations increased introduction solar-driven reverse osmosis (RO) processes concluded mitigation greenhouse gases will have be attained industries other than sector. details myriad benefits has brought country. However, it argues imperative stabilizing atmospheric concentration carbon, modest renewable national grid date, public policy can no longer offer industry path least resistance. Present plans envision significant expansion infrastructure, requiring far higher commitment regulations phasing down demands.