Solar-Powered Desalination Plant Fits on Shipping Container for Disaster Relief

Press photos via memsys Using desalination to provide water to large communities is a controversial topic. But desalination has its uses where no one would argue its benefits -- for instance, in a disaster area desal could be life saving. But how does one go about getting a plant to an area in need of fresh water supplies? Well, through our favorite method of course: convert a shipping container. But how does a shipping container-desal plant get the energy to run a process like reverse oasmosis? (...)

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