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Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (news.mit.edu)

submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water::A new solar desalination system takes in saltwater and heats it with natural sunlight. The system flushes out accumulated salt, so replacement parts aren’t needed often, meaning the system could potentially produce drinking water that is cheaper than tap water.

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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Evaporating water and condensing it has been done. We don't use this method for desalination since it is more energy intensive (read expensive) than reverse osmosis, which itself is also quite energy intensive.

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Their solution uses the sun, so..

[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

To produce systems energy would be needed too, and all "green" solutions have terrible EROI sometimes even negative, so... this solution have economically better alternatives that already in use