MIT researchers have created a solar-powered desalination device that can make seawater drinkable for less than the cost of US tap water

Sat, 10/07/2023 - 09:27

The desalination device created by MIT researchers. — The desalination device — pictured above — could produce drinkable water for less than the average price of US tap water.
Jintong Gao and Zhenyuan Xu

Researchers at MIT have created a solar-powered device that can make seawater drinkable.
The team says the device can remove the salt from seawater for less than the cost of US tap water.
This process, called desalination, is key to solving global water scarcity, one expert told Insider.

Researchers at MIT have created a device that may soon be able to turn seawater into drinking water for entire households using nothing but solar energy.

And, to top it off, the water produced by this device could eventually cost less than US tap water, according to a paper published last week in the peer-reviewed journal Joule.