Machine That Turns Seawater Into Drinking Water

Removing the salt from sea water or desalination on a large scale is extremely expensive but.

Machine that turns seawater into drinking water.

Purifying dirty water is a notoriously difficult and expensive process even in california financial pressures affect what can be done to tackle the severe drought in the area. The simple hurdle that must be overcome to turn seawater into freshwater is to remove the dissolved salt in seawater. Compared to the 40 to 60 of traditional reverse osmosis systems they are able to turn 90 of the saltwater fed into the machine into drinking water. A new solar powered device turns salt water into fresh drinking water.

To turn saltwater into drinking water start by pouring the saltwater into a bowl and placing a small cup in the center of the water. In some areas salt water from the ocean for instance is being turned into freshwater for drinking. By inexpensively turning salt water into drinking water using sustainable solar power a team from mit in the us has not only come up with a portable desalination system for use anywhere in the world that needs it but it s just won the 2015 desal prize a competition run by usaid to encourage better solutions to water shortages in developing countries. Researchersfrom the university of alexandria have developed a cheaper simplerand potentially cleaner way to turn seawater into drinking water thanconventional methods.

And as the population continues to grow shortages of freshwater will occur more often if only in certain locations. 16 september 2015. Portable machine turns salt water into drinking water using solar power. Those in developing nations have far less money to play around.

Then cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set a rock on top of the plastic wrap over the cup which will make a dip so fresh water can drip into the cup. Seawater is naturally about 3. Geological survey makes up approximately 35 000 parts per million ppm of sea water s chemical composition. This new technology converts sea water into drinking water in minutes.

In one day this machine can filter 2 100 gallons of water. Givepower the nonprofit behind the technology is debuting the system in a coastal community in kenya.