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Humanity is facing an always increasing scarcity of water of satisfactory quality (what we call fresh water), not only for domestic and industrial needs, but also for agriculture.13
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Nebbia, G. (1968). Economics of the Conversion of Saline Waters to Fresh Water for Irrigation. In: Boyko, H. (eds) Saline Irrigation for Agriculture and Forestry. World Academy of Art and Science, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6016-4_20
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