Near – Fantastic Projects

Man has long turned his eyes to the immense water resources of the oceans and seas. A;as, their water is undrinkable, but in our time topping up of fresh water reserves by desalination has ceased to be a dream. Several desalination plants are already operating on some islands of the West Indies, in the Middle East and the United States. In Russia on the deserted coast of the Caspian Sea (the Manyshlak Peninsula) the modern city of Shevchenko has sprung up. Each of its 120.000 inhabitants uses a daily 400 litres of fresh water obtained with the aid of the world’s largest desalination plant.

Many bold original projects are designed to resolve the fresh water problem on a world scale. One proposal is to tow icebergs in order to provide water to the arid areas of Australia, South America< Southern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The Antarctic ice cap releases into the ocean at least 2.400 cubic kilometres of crystalclear fresh water annually.

Another proposal is to transport fresh water in tanks tied into garlands each holding 25.000 cubic metres of water.

Name all ways to solving the problem of fresh water.

Explain the most effective method of the protection of water resources

Explain how one can solve the problem of expanding of water consumption in big cities.

What way is soved the problem of water desalinationin some countries,