“Welcome, this is paradise!” declares Galgalo Abdi, sweeping his arms open in a dramatic gesture. For a moment, I think he is being sarcastic. This parched swath of wilderness in northern Kenya ...

Freshwater accounts for only about 2.5% of water on Earth, so much of the world experiences serious water shortages. Scientists report the development of a highly efficient desalination device that ...

A new approach to desalination could lead to small, portable desalination units that could be powered by solar cells or batteries and could deliver enough fresh water to supply the needs of a family ...

BW Offshore and BW Group have established a 50/50 joint venture entity (JV), BW Elara, to design and build Floating Desalination Units (FDUs), producing fresh water from salt water to address growing ...

Freshwater shortages are projected to increase in our hotter and more crowded future. Already, 150 countries desalinate seawater, using fossil fuels. But supplying an ever-increasing basic need with ...

A summer of extreme heat and drought around the world has been a reminder that water scarcity is a pressing issue and one that will only get worse with climate change. Already, more than two billion ...

Photo: A single unit of the new desalination device, fabricated on a layer of silicone. In the Y-shaped channel (in red), seawater enters from the right, and fresh water leaves through the lower ...

The BWRO unit, which has a treated water production capacity of around 11.80 L/h, was built with a pre-filtration module, a high-pressure DC pump, an RO module, and a post-treatment module. The PVT ...

TotalEnergies and Veolia will construct a 17 MW solar facility at Veolia’s Sharqiyah Desalination plant in Oman. The PV plant will have an estimated annual production of 30,000 MWh and will be able to ...

Cyprus is entering 2026 amid a severe water shortage, with dam levels hovering around 12 per cent of capacity and winter rainfall providing only limited relief. Officials have already warned that ...

Buoying Hope Using a small craft, local labor installed an array off the coast of Peru. Photo courtesy of Atmocean Inc. July 12, 2017 Seawater desalination is an energy-hungry process only a few ...

A mobile desalination plant in Limassol port has been put into full operation, the agriculture ministry said on Sunday, underlining that the planning for the permanent solution of Cyprus’ water ...