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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. | |
Crosswords: SALINE WATER |
| Specialty definitions using "SALINE WATER": sulfur water, sulfurous water, sulphur water, sulphurous water. (references) |
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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. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | We have neglected oceanography, saline water conversion, and the basic research that lies at the root of all progress. |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
saline water | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 água salina (salt water). (various references) salmuera (brine), agua salina (salt water). (various references) saltlösning (saline solution), brine (brine, salt water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | |
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