Whenever California has a dry year, or decade, it’s hard not to look west and wonder: Why aren’t we drinking more ocean water? It’s far from a pipe dream in places like S… Read More

Fifty miles south of the U.S. border, at the edge of a city on the Gulf of California, a few acres of dusty shrubs could determine the future of Arizona. As the state’s two major s… Read More

With the kick-in of a federal Drought Contingency Plan earlier this year, Arizona, California and Nevada all have to cut the amount of lower Colorado River water they use. But, because of pa… Read More

The Tamil Nadu government will ensure Chennai city has a permanent water supply capacity of 870 million litres a day (MLD) in the next five years by constructing two more desalination plants… Read More

Desalination plants turn seawater into drinking water, but also pump hypersaline water back into the environment. That's especially troubling because desal has become extremely popular Read More

emergency desalination kitWhy is portable desalination a good idea? Well, there is a very good chance that you have learned not to drink salt water the hard way i.e. by drinking it. Maybe it… Read More