New Scientist on MSN

World's first subsea desalination facility will start running in 2026

Flocean, a Norwegian company, is set to open the world’s first commercial-scale subsea desalination plant, an approach that ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

World’s first underwater desalination plant uses ocean pressure to halve energy use

The world faces a dire freshwater crisis. According to the UN, half of the global population currently faces severe ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

Modeling and Analysis Reveals Technological, Environmental Challenges to Increasing Water Recovery from Desalination

Using zero liquid discharge to increase water recovery from desalination is an emerging method to combat water scarcity, but has its own drawbacks. Climate change is making water scarcer. A promising ...
The Garden Island

Desalination plant on Oahu nearing construction after three decades of work

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply has pursued the technology — reverse osmosis — on and off for more than 30 years, and now ...
Chico Enterprise-Record

Desalination plant proposed for San Francisco Bay

Saying it needs to evaluate all options for new sources of drinking water, Silicon Valley’s largest water district is studying a plan to build the first seawater desalination plant along the shores of ...
Nature

Humidification-Dehumidification Desalination Systems

Humidification-dehumidification (HDH) desalination systems utilise low-temperature thermal processes to mimic the natural hydrological cycle. By evaporating water at sub-boiling temperatures and then ...
FOX 10 Phoenix

As Arizona looks to desalination as a drought solution, questions mount over its feasibility for the state

SAN DIEGO - While Arizona received more rain and snow in recent months, a wet winter will not save the state from the decades-long mega-drought that is gripping the region. Water officials have worked ...
Hoodline

Utah Proposes Desalination Collaboration with California to Tackle Colorado River Water Crisis

Utah proposes aiding California in making desalination plants, in exchange for a share of Colorado River water.
E&E

What’s stopping desalination from going mainstream?

Panic over saltwater intrusion in the Mississippi River threatening drinking water supplies in major cities and an ongoing drought parching the West have some officials weighing a controversial ...
KLTV

To avoid a water crisis, Texas may bet big on desalination. Here’s how it works in El Paso.

EL PASO, Texas (The Texas Tribune) - Desalination can create millions of gallons of fresh water a day, but it is expensive and there are many environmental concerns. The wind swept through El Paso one ...
Forbes

Investing In The Life-Saving Technology Of Desalination

U.S. Army Sergeant Kornelia Rachwal gives a young Pakistani girl a drink of water on the 19 October 2005 after the Kashmir Earthquake. Desalination is an important tool in disasters. After an attack ...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times

To avoid water crisis, Texas may bet big on desalination. Here’s how it works in El Paso.

This article is part of Running Out, an occasional series about Texas’ water crisis. EL PASO — The wind swept through El Paso one day in March, lifting a fine layer of dust that settled onto ...