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Solar powered technique could make desalination affordable for households

May 06, 2016

 

Desalination takes salt and other contaminants out of water. Now scientists are looking to take the prohibitive costs out of desalination.

“Researchers have come up with a solar-powered technique that could make small-scale desalination systems affordable, even for individual households. The approach is a new take on an old technology known as a solar still. These stills — large containers covered by clear plastic tarps or glass enclosures — direct sunlight onto a basin of salty water,” Science journal reported.

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