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Desalination

Also called reverse osmosis, RO, seawater desalination, solar still, solar desalination

Removing salt from seawater or brackish water to make fresh water, mainly by reverse osmosis or thermal distillation. Reverse osmosis uses ≈3–4 kWh per cubic metre of seawater.

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