Show Water Is Life The Tho Ancient M Mariners Mariner's complaint of W Water ut r water wl ter everywhere nor anY drop to drink rink must ono one day dar ho be corrected if the worlds world's hungry are to be fed fea feato to lo say Eay nothing of being heing washed This determination is reflected in ice President Ken i odys ody's recent that it is moro more to bo be first in getting cheap fresh wIder water from the sea Rell than thanh to h ho fill t t in space in ice the tho now under way by the of till nn desalin- desalin desalinization test facility ut at rights illo Beach N O C rho work to to he be completed by Mn includes six ix buildings concrete li rm is for eight pilot plants seawater utilities Contracts for two of tho pilot plants to tho General Electric Com Coni- luny and the tho Struthers Scientific land International Corporation have hayo been let by the US Depart meat ment of Interiors Interior's Saline Water rater Office Electrio will use uso a thin fihn distillation process while will vill employ its own patented direct contact controlled crystal freezing process In to the tho gallons per plant Struth ors ers is now building Vice President John V Pike has hns that his company is il bidding on oil n a gallon per gallon per day nn and if successful will employ the tho same process in ice tho hugest plant of its kind to be erected in the tho world lie Ho is confident he said saia that hat the tho improved freezing proc proe ass ess to which Struthers has acquired worldwide world rights will produce potable water well blow below tho pro pre sent per gallon cost of the present heat flush flash processes Plainly there thero is still a long wa way to go before the oceans of tho Ile world will bo be watering its deserts But the tho important point is that we vo hove made mado n start In fact completion of the tho Beach station and operation of the Struthers process of removing salt t by cold instead of heat may show wo we are nearer titan than we think to solution of o n a problem that threatens unborn generations as sorely as over ever it plagued the tho sailor who shot the tho albatross |