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desalination

People living in Punta Chueca, home to the Comcáac, have struggled with a lack of fresh water for generations.
Environment
Desalination brings fresh water — and concern — to an Indigenous village in northern Mexico
People queued to collect water as fears over the city's water crisis grew earlier this year in Cape Town, South Africa.
Business
‘Day Zero’ has been postponed, but Cape Town is still scrambling to deal with its water crisis
Desalination
Environment
We’re running out of water. Is desalination the answer?
Poseidon Water employees stand between rows of reverse osmosis filters at the Western Hemisphere's largest seawater desalination plant, currently under construction in Carlsbad, California.
Environment
Desalination is an expensive energy hog, but improvements are on the way
An artist’'s rendering of a full-scale commercial low-input desert agriculture facility. Project’s designers say the concept should work in any low-altitude desert area near a large source of salt water.
Environment
Desert lunch: Coaxing climate-friendly food from the world’s driest places
Low Salt Water with Low Energy Technology
Low Salt Water with Low Energy Technology
Filtering Seawater
Filtering Seawater
Desalinization Plant Proposed in Florida
Harvesting water from rooftops