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This review owes much to the guidance and encouragement of Professor A. M. Stephen, to whom the author expresses her gratitude. The financial support of the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is also gratefully acknowledged. 

The development of such membranes in England and the United States was not an easy task, as finely outlined by Solt (1995). In those days, the combined efforts of the Netherlands National Research Organisation (TNO) and the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research resulted in the development of the ED process for demineralizing saline waters from mines. In the late 1950s, the Office of European Economic Cooperation, as well as in the 1960s the Institute for Arid Zone Research at Beersheva (Israel) and several Japanese manufacturers, contributed to further R D in this sector (Lacey and Loeb, 1972 Solt, 1995). 

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In February 1961, the mining companies decided to suspend operations of the Free State Geduld Mine plant pending further work by the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research aimed at reducing costs. At that stage the plant could have been relied upon to deliver 1,500,000 gallons per day of... 

Let me not forget the mention of those who have provided fuel for my research vehicle to propel to the fore - the financial sponsors. Predominant among these are Dr Sibisi, the President and CEO of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Mr. Cyril Gamede, the Operations Director of African Explosives Limited (AEL) and Mr. Leon Kruger, the Operations Director of Johnson and Johnson (Pty) Ltd. My heartfelt thanks also go to the Water Research Commission (WRC) of South Africa. 

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