Front Cover; Fresh Water from Saline Waters: The Political, Social, Engineering and Economic Aspects of Desalination; Copyright Page; Foreword; Acknowledgment; Chapter 1. Fresh Water from Saline Waters; INTRODUCTION; U.S. WATER SUPPLY AND ITS USES; SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF DESALINATION; HISTORY OF DESALINATION; THE TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES; MULTI-STAGE FLASH DISTILLATION; PRINCIPLES OF COMBINING; THE THERMODYNAMIC BASIS FOR INTEGRATED OPERATION; ECONOMICS OF NUCLEAR POWER IN POWER AND DISTILLATION; CONCLUSION; Appendix.