desalination plant

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desalination plant (plural desalination plants)

  1. an industrial installation which converts seawater into drinking water by removing the salt.
    • 1993, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 110:
      It has a solar-powered desalination plant on some of its flatter, more stable land, and that provides its people with a dependable supply of water.

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