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| + | <p>We took a number of approaches in considering the potential impacts of our project. From the many potential applications of our switch, the main question we posed was regarding <b>Biodesalination</b>: Would the general public be comfortable with using our bacteria-desalinated water? The following section describes a more factual and theoretical approach, but click <a href="#outreach">here</a> for more information on our public outreach events at the Glasgow Science Centre.<br><br> | ||
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| + | Biodesalination is becoming of increasing interest as availability of freshwater decreases around the world. Freshwater only consists of 2.5% of the worlds’ water with only < 1% percent available for use. | ||
| + | Many countries around the globe rely on desalination for their freshwater. In fact, Israel solely rely on desalination to obtain water. Countries such as blah, blah and blah blah especially experience water shortages. The need for a low energy desalination method becomes more apparent since 40% of the worlds’ population live areas that are dry or semi-dry and experience droughts. | ||
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| + | <div id="figure1"><img id="waterstrain" class="allimage" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/1/1d/GU_Water_strain.png"/><p class="figuretext">Figure 1: Map displaying the relative "water strain" around the globe. Image from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11435522</p></div> | ||
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Policy And Practice
We took a number of approaches in considering the potential impacts of our project. From the many potential applications of our switch, the main question we posed was regarding Biodesalination: Would the general public be comfortable with using our bacteria-desalinated water? The following section describes a more factual and theoretical approach, but click here for more information on our public outreach events at the Glasgow Science Centre.
Biodesalination
Biodesalination is becoming of increasing interest as availability of freshwater decreases around the world. Freshwater only consists of 2.5% of the worlds’ water with only < 1% percent available for use. Many countries around the globe rely on desalination for their freshwater. In fact, Israel solely rely on desalination to obtain water. Countries such as blah, blah and blah blah especially experience water shortages. The need for a low energy desalination method becomes more apparent since 40% of the worlds’ population live areas that are dry or semi-dry and experience droughts.
Figure 1: Map displaying the relative "water strain" around the globe. Image from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11435522
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