salinate

A program I condemn, because it threatens to de-salinate the region.

Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Fanngo 2010

When you melt a whole lot of fresh water (ex. glaciers) into salt water, you de-salinate it.

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

A program I condemn, because it threatens to de-salinate the region.

Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

Put simply, it may be more cost effective to import oranges from a region that has plenty of water than to try and de-salinate water at home to irrigate an orchard.

Cleantech Blog 2008

If the current growing population of 6.7 billion is considered a benefit to mankind, than dams are beneficial - If the vulnerability of dense populations downstream of dams is a benefit to mankind, than dams are beneficial - If agricultural production on arid lands that require large volumes of water that salinate the soil and demand large inputs of fossil-fuel based fertilizers and pesticides that runoff and pollute groundwater is considered a benefit to mankind, than dams are beneficial - If the displacement of 80 million people from their homelands to accommodate dams is a benefit to mankind, than dams are beneficial - if the destruction of life-supporting ecosystems and fishery resources is a benefit to mankind, than dams are beneficial - If the inequitable sharing of benefits and costs is a benefit to mankind, than dams are beneficial - If debt burden, cost overruns, deferred maintenance costs and the impoverishment of people is a benefit to mankind, than dams are the most beneficial engineering endeavor of human history second only to nuclear weapons.

Dissident Voice 2008