Deep-Sea Desalination Pulls Drinking Water from the Depths
Scientific American
AUGUST 11, 2025
Land-based desalination is several times more costly than pulling water from aquifers or lakes, even at giga-plants in the Middle East that benefit from abundant solar power and large economies of scale. For starters, it’s still too expensive. ” Affordable renewable energy will make subsea desalination more viable.
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