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Letter: Water, water ...

Published 9 March 1996

From A.F. POWELL

According to your article on freezing brackish water (Technology, 20
January, p 19), brine produced by drilling for oil and gas can be purified
using a freezing technique. But this idea is not new. A similar system is in
use elsewhere in the US. And even here, in Ontario, the system is to be
applied to the Upper Rideau Lake.

Issue no. 2020 published 9 March 1996

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