Women in Science

Kid's talk radio — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:02:06 GMT

Meet Amy Zander The Science Lady.
Who is keeping our water safe?
What is desalination all about?

Experts agree that we are rapidly running out of freshwater necessary for drinking, washing, and irrigation. Since there is plenty of saltwater in the ocean, researchers have developed processes that can remove the salt and impurities to create freshwater. Some processes can be conducted at coastal plants and others in municipalities. At this point in technological advances, the cost of desalination is still higher than the cost of transporting freshwater from other sources, except in desert regions like West Asia.

We are located in the city of Long Beach, California and we have a wonderful desalination plant. We are doing a lot of work with the Cabo Verde Islands and they are working on finding better ways to treat their salt water.

Kids Talk Radio asked science women Amy Zander to help tackle some of our questions.

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