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Salinity is emerging as a serious concern in municipal water supplies. At elevated concentrations, salinity, normally measured as total dissolved solids (TDS), can damage crops and landscape plants, and corrode pipes, cooling towers, and other structures. This project is the first comprehensive look at the problem and potential solutions of salinity in reclamation water on a national level. There are at least 1,500 utilities nationally that use reclaimed water. Reclamation utilities are faced with increasing levels of salinity in their reclaimed water that originates from a number of different sources. Currently, utilities across the United States do not have a complete set of tools that allows them to identify and quantify the impacts of the different salinity contributions occurring in their systems. The results of this project are the initial development of cost effective and scientifically defensible salinity management tools that can be realistically implemented. This is available as a pay-per-view product only.