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<br />. <br /> <br />w <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ SUMMARY <br /> <br />Salt gradient solar ponds are an immature technology of significant <br /> <br />potential. The ponds, however, utilize existing technologies of proven <br /> <br />reliability. <br /> <br />Although salt is not a resource constraint in the proliferation of the <br /> <br />technology, the distribution of surface salts into freshwater drainages <br /> <br /> <br />will need to be carefully regulated. Saline water, used to offset <br /> <br />evaporative losses from solar ponds, could be a limiting factor in the <br /> <br /> <br />large scale development of ponds in arid inland areas. <br /> <br />CREDITS <br /> <br />Portions of this document, including Figures, were taken from: <br /> <br />(1) National Solar Pond Program Plan, Draft, 9-15-S0. <br /> <br /> <br />(2) SERI/TR-35-07S, Vol. 1, August 1979, Solar Therrnoelectrics. <br /> <br /> <br />(3) Southern California Edison Co. R & 0 Newsletter, Volume 9, No.1, <br /> <br /> <br />1st Quarter, 19S0, <br /> <br />-9- <br /> <br />~ ~- <br />