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ETearle

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on: Jul 21, 2018
How much water is contained in an inch of rainfall on an area one acre in size?
 
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What are the two main processes for desalination?
 
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jharrington11

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Reply #1 on: Jul 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

That volume of water is referred to as an acre inch. An acre inch of water equals 3,630 cubic feet of water or just
over 27,152 gallons.



Answer to Question 2

Membrane process (includes reverse osmosis and electrodialysis).
 Distillation (includes long tube, vapor compression, and flash distillation).


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Reply 2 on: Jul 21, 2018
Gracias!

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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