Title:
A new desalination device with a dash of green
Author:
Prachi Patel
Published:
Anthropocene, 2 July 2020
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2020/07/affordable-environmentally-friendly-desalination-process/
From the article:
Many arid, coastal regions of the world rely on desalination to get potable water from the salty seas. This reliance is going to increase as climate change triggers droughts and water scarcity. But desalination is costly, uses a lot of energy, and produces waste brine—a concentrated soup of salt and chemical—that can harm marine ecosystems.
A new desalination device that converts brine into useful chemicals could help. Its developers at Stanford University say it could make desalination affordable and environmentally benign.