Technical review and evaluation of the economics of water desalination: Current and future challenges for better water supply sustainability

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  2013

• Venue

  Desalination

• Publication date

  2013-01-15

• Fields of study

  Engineering, Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.DESAL.2012.10.015
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