Definition of "desalting" []

• Present participle of desalt. (verb)
• A process in which salt is removed from a material; desalination (noun)

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• "Fortunately the technologies of desalination (also called desalting) exist to remedy these critical problems, they are now affordable and are becoming cheaper."
• "The connection between Poseidon's desalting schemeand the San Diego Waiver allowing them to avoid secondary treatment standards for sewage is that since San Diego need not recycle its sewage water, its bribed pols and others have a better argument for borrowing loads of money ($535 million in tax-free bonds) and spending it on a desalting plant that is completely DOA."
• "There is a disanalogy between the Israeli plant, the only major desalting plant using RO, and California: the Israelis, who already recycle 70% of their wastewater and use a much higher percentage of available water for domestic use (25% domestic, according to an article by Mark Gold, vs. 10% domestic in California), don't have a choice: they have to pay $3000 per AF, more if necessary."