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References:
- https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/saline-water-and-salinity
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6801928/
- https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/where-earths-water
- https://water.ca.gov/water-basics/groundwater
- https://data.unicef.org/resources/progress-on-household-drinking-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-2000-2020/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001191642100254X
- https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/23659/chapter/14
- https://phys.org/news/2019-08-technique-membranes-next-generation-filtration-desalination.html
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376738821002416
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011916420313114
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- https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/saline-water-and-salinity
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6801928/
- https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/where-earths-water
- https://water.ca.gov/water-basics/groundwater
- https://data.unicef.org/resources/progress-on-household-drinking-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-2000-2020/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001191642100254X
- https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/23659/chapter/14
- https://phys.org/news/2019-08-technique-membranes-next-generation-filtration-desalination.html
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