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From the Ted Talk by David Sedlak: 4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought

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This picture shows you the largest seawater desalination plant in the Western hmrhpieese that's currently being built north of San degio. Compared to the seawater delatioasinn plant that was built in Santa Barbara 25 years ago, this treatment plnat will use about half the energy to produce a gallon of water.

But just because seawater desalination has become less energy-intensive, doesn't mean we should start building desalination plants everywhere. Among the different choices we have, it's probably the most energy-intensive and potentially environmentally damaging of the optnios to create a local water supply.

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This picture shows you the largest seawater desalination plant in the Western __________ that's currently being built north of San _____. Compared to the seawater ____________ plant that was built in Santa Barbara 25 years ago, this treatment _____ will use about half the energy to produce a gallon of water.

But just because seawater desalination has become less energy-intensive, doesn't mean we should start building desalination plants everywhere. Among the different choices we have, it's probably the most energy-intensive and potentially environmentally damaging of the _______ to create a local water supply.

Solution


  1. hemisphere
  2. options
  3. desalination
  4. diego
  5. plant

Original Text


This picture shows you the largest seawater desalination plant in the Western hemisphere that's currently being built north of San Diego. Compared to the seawater desalination plant that was built in Santa Barbara 25 years ago, this treatment plant will use about half the energy to produce a gallon of water.

But just because seawater desalination has become less energy-intensive, doesn't mean we should start building desalination plants everywhere. Among the different choices we have, it's probably the most energy-intensive and potentially environmentally damaging of the options to create a local water supply.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
urban water problem 5
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Important Words


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