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Turning seawater into clean, drinkable water—desalination—is one solution to an ever-growing global demand. But desalination is usually energy intensive.Summary
KEY POINTS:
- A Norwegian company has patented a deep-water solution using an energy-efficient reverse osmosis filtration process.
- The company’s primary method of desalting water involves hydrostatic pressure.
- This method can provide energy savings of between 30 and 40 percent.