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100			_aMedeazza, Gregor Meerganz Von
245			_aDesalination in Chennai: what about the poor and the environment?
260			_c2005
300			_ap.949-52.
362			_a18 Mar
520			_aAn analysis of Tamil Nadu's decision to construct a 100 million litres a day sea water desalination plant to tackle Chennai's water crisis. But this energy-intensive technology would be responsible for greenhouse gas emissions and uncontrolled brine discharges. It will also encourage social and environmental dumping. Ultimately, the issue is the purpose to be served by the desalination plant and who it will primarily (not) benefit. (Reproduced).
650			_aEnvironment
650			_aWater supply
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a69407
999			_c69407 _d69407