desalinization
dee say li nuh zay shuhn
- n the removal of salt (especially from sea water)
- On the English Channel island of Guernsey, which ordinarily has plenty of rain, the government has installed a small desalinization plant as insurance against that one drought in .
- Compared with the costs of shipping freshwater by sea, "it's still cheaper to get freshwater by other means, even by desalinization of seawater," admits Turner of Waterbank.
- Longmaid, who inherited his island from his parents, who paid about $65,000 for it 30 years ago, has also installed his own generator-powered desalinization system, which makes 600 .