Wave Power For Ocean Water Desalination

Fresh drinking water from the ocean: Delmarva company harnesses waves to make it happen

Maddy Lauria, February 9, 2018 (Delaware Online/New Journal via USA Today)

“…[In places like the hurricane-devastated Caribbean islands, a way to remove the salt from ocean water and provide clean drinking water without using electricity could be a vital lifeline and a prototype device is being tested] off the coast of Delaware. It would use wave energy to desalinate ocean water. Initially, it would be for use in emergencies but could eventually be scaled] to augment or replace traditional municipal water services in coastal communities…[A barge is designed to absorb the energy of ocean waves and use it] to operate a filtration system capable of removing the salt from seawater to produce up more than 100,000 gallons per day of fresh water…[The Murtech, Inc., device]is the first of its kind to be individually permitted in the United States…” click here for more

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