To Make The Ocean Drinkable, Scientists Are Re-Inventing Desalinization | Fast Company

The ocean is a virtually limitless source of water, if we can get the salt out. Currently, the process is almost prohibitively expensive, but if costs can come down, the technology could quench the thirst of billions.

Israel announced this month it would build a half-billion-dollar desalination plant, joining its four other plants, to provide three-quarters of the country's fresh drinking water by 2013. Where Israel goes, much of the drought-stricken world will probably follow. With 1.8 billion people expected to live in areas with extreme water scarcity by 2025, desalination--removing salt from ocean water or others saline water--is being viewed as a newly viable solution to the world's water woes. Read more »