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100 1 _aCOPLEY Gregory R
245 _aHydrological strategy :
_bthe changing role of water in the strategic matrix /
_cGregory R Copley.
260 _c2014
520 _aDiscussion of the importance of water as a strategic resource and as a material necessity to sustain armed forces during operations including humanitarian aid and disaster relief. The article makes the case that new solar powered ultra/nano-filtration technologies offer low-cost low-energy ways to produce clean safe water. These it is said will replace the present options of either a) transporting large quantities of clean water or b) using reverse osmosis (RO) which is said to be expensive, inefficient, and unreliable.
650 _aWATER PURIFICATION
650 _aWATER RESOURCES
650 _aDISASTER RELIEF
773 _aDefense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy :
_g Vol XXXXII No 2, 2014, p. 4-8 (22)
598 _aENERGY
945 _i43291-1001
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