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Published online 19 March 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/452260a

Water: Purification with a pinch of salt

Climate change, growing populations and political concerns are prompting governments and investors from California to China to take a fresh look at desalination. Quirin Schiermeier wades in.

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