Fresh, Low-Cost Desalinated Water From the Sea

As populations increase, the world needs more sources for fresh drinking water. While seawater offers an excellent resource, desalination processes developed to date have been either uneconomical or not environmentally responsible. 

AME professor and department head Peiwen Li has developed a low-cost, airflow-driven desalination system that separates the components of seawater, yielding two valuable products: clean water and its component salts and minerals.