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MIT’s New Desalination System Produces Freshwater That Is “Cheaper Than Tap Water” (scitechdaily.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does this system use those tho. I thought this was a chem free sunstill

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It might be. But I don’t consider this to be a real system until it’s been scaled up and has the cost established. Biofouling isn’t likely to become much of an issue until the system is in use for a time. But since it has no filters it might not need it, I’m not sure.