Floating, Autonomous, Environmentally Friendly and Efficient Desalination Unit
Global warming is an emerging threat to water availability and to the quality of life in isolated island communities in southern Europe. Isolated small islands in the Mediterranean region already experience the problem of scarce water sources during the dry summer period. Climate change is likely to further aggravate this situation in the coming years and therefore alternative water sources have to be investigated in these areas.
By Theodore Lilas and Nikitas Nikitakos, University of Aegean, Department of Shipping Trade and Transport, and Anthanasios Vatistas, ECOWINDWATER Ltd, Greece
