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How do you convert sea water to drinking water?

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Several ways--

Distillation. The fresh water evaporates and is collected in a cooler place. This can be simple or complex. Rain is a distillation process. Heating up the salt water makes it evaporate faster.

Reverse Osmosis. There are membranes that pass fresh water. Pressuring the salt water to push it through the osmotic membrane speeds up the process. This is the preferred way for large scale drinking water plants, because of its lower energy requirement.

Electrolysis. Turn the salt water into oxygen and hydrogen then recombine them. Result pure water.

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