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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:
  1. A Norwegian company has patented a deep-water solution using an energy-efficient reverse osmosis filtration process.
  2. The company’s primary method of desalting water involves hydrostatic pressure.
  3. This method can provide energy savings of between 30 and 40 percent.

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