desalination
dee say li nay shuhn
- n the removal of salt (especially from sea water)
- Empereur has brought up 36 pieces and put them through a costly desalination process, but he would like to leave the others where they are lying and create an underwater .
- Fifteen years ago, desalination cost up to $5 per 1,000 gallons; with the flash method, it now costs 850.
- Emergency measures being taken by local authorities range from turning off Barcelona's beach showers to building a desalination plant that will be completed in 2009.