SALINE WATER

  

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SALINE WATER

Specialty Definition: SALINE WATER

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Chemistry

A saturated, or unsaturated, solution of water and NaCl or some de-icing chemicals ; in certain parts of the world-e. g. the Salton sea area in California-the geothermal fluids consist of boiling brine(water of high saline concentrations and sometimes of caustic pro perties). Whilst such brines may offer industrial possibilities for the recovery of salts and other minerals, they can also be used for other purposes including power production. Source: European Union. (references)

Hydrologic

Water that contains significant amounts of dissolved solids. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: SALINE WATER

Specialty definitions using "SALINE WATER": sulfur water, sulfurous water, sulphur water, sulphurous water. (references)

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Commercial Usage: SALINE WATER

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Books

  • Saline Water Distillation Processes (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: SALINE WATER

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Business

Another water quality problem of the highest priority is the discharge of saline water from Silesian coal mines into the Vistula and Odra Rivers. (references)

In addition, a number of quasi-government entities including the national oil company (Saudi Aramco), the Saudi Arabian Airlines, and the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) operate their own private communication networks. (references)

Two large desalination plants are currently under construction, but they will cover only about 50% of the actual need. Treatment of the remaining water discharge, using other methods of saline water disposal (deep injections), as well as the disposal of residuals, still remains a problem. (references)

Economic History

Saudi Arabia

The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), which is responsible for water desalination in Saudi Arabia, accounts for more than 70% of the total residential water supplies. (references)

Bahrain

No tender documents have been issued as of May 2001. The government has had many problems with RO technology for large water facilities to treat its extremely saline water; it clearly prefers multi-stage flash (MSF) technology at this point. (references)

Saudi Arabia

These firms include the oil firm Saudi ARAMCO, the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), the Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC), the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), The Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia), the Saudi Arabian Public Transport Company (SAPTCO), The Saudi Mining Company (Maaden), and the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC). Prior to the oil boom in the 1970s, parts or all of many of these firms, including ARAMCO, were in private hands. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: SALINE WATER

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John F. Kennedy

1961-1963We have neglected oceanography, saline water conversion, and the basic research that lies at the root of all progress.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SALINE WATER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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per Day

saline water

4
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Modern Translation: SALINE WATER

Language Translations for "SALINE WATER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

saltvand (salt water), saltlage (brine, salt water), brine (brine, non freeze liquid, non freezing solution, salt water). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zoutoplossing (brine, saline, salt water), pekel (brine, salt water). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

suolavesi (brine, salt water), suolaliuos (saline solution). (various references)

   

French

  

saumure (salt water), eau saline (salt water). (various references)

   

German

  

Sole (brine, salt water), Salzlösung (saline solution), salzhaltiges Wasser (brine, salt water). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σαλαμούρα (brine, pickle, souse), άλμη (brine, pickle), αλμλλοιπο (brine, salt water). (various references)

   

Italian

  

salamoia (brine, pickle), brina (frost, Hoar, hoarfrost, rime), acqua salina (brine, salt water). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alinesay aterway

   

Portuguese

  

água salina (salt water). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

salmuera (brine), agua salina (salt water). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

saltlösning (saline solution), brine (brine, salt water). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SALINE WATER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-i-l-n-r-s-t-w"

-1 letter: waterlines.

-2 letters: alienates, elaterins, entailers, nearliest, treelawns, treenails, waterline.

-3 letters: alienate, alieners, antisera, antiwear, arenites, arsenate, arsenite, asternal, ateliers, awaiters, earliest, elaterin, enlister, entailer, entrails, eternals, latrines, leariest, listener, ratanies, ratlines, realties, reenlist, renewals, resinate, retinals, seatrain, seawater, serenata, silenter, stearine, sweatier, teawares, telerans, tinwares, trainees, treelawn, treenail, trenails, wasterie, weariest.

-4 letters: aerates, aerials.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Quotations: Speeches
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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