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Old 01-23-2014, 11:08 AM   #132
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Default Salt water to fresh

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Originally Posted by Rusty View Post
It's called "Reverse Osmosis" and is very expensive. Some countries use it a lot... Australia is one of them.
The United States still has plenty of potable water so we don't need to use it that much right now.

You can buy a "Reverse Osmosis" filtering unit at Walmart for @ $250.
The ships I was on back in the 60's used evaporators to make fresh water.
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