DEMINERALIZATION OF SALINE WATERS 271 
utilities in areas requiring the solution of water shortage problems, 
either actual or potential. 
Summary 
To people in areas not penalized by inadequate fresh water, 
the water shortage difficulties of arid regions may be of casual 
interest only. The need for solving these problems, however, 
presents an international task of the greatest importance. The 
availability of water to support human life in any region has 
great significance in world affairs. A practical method of making 
fresh water available to the arid regions of the world would have 
a beneficial and stabilizing effect on the social, economic, and 
political life of all nations. 
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1. Chapman, O. L., G. W. Lineweaver, and D.S. Jenkins. October 1952° 
Demineralization of Saline Waters. Department of the Interior 
Washington, D. C. 
2. Hample, C. A. Fresh water from the sea, 1948. Chem. Eng. News 26, 
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3. Inspection of Research and Developments in Saline Water Conver- 
sion in Europe and Northwest Africa. September, 1954. Department 
of the Interior, Saline Water Conversion Program, Washington, D. C. 
. National Water Policy. May 1954. Proc. dm. Soc. Civil Eng. 80. 
. Secretary of the Interior. January, 1955. Third Annual Rep. on 
Saline Water Conversion. 
6. UNESCO, Arid Zone Programme. IV. Reviews of research on 
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