The simplest way to do it is the distillation method.
Transform salt water drinking water.
It operates on basically the same theory as an alcohol still.
Desalination is the process of taking salty or brackish water and turning it into drinking water.
Ed stafford shows us how to build a sturdy raft and how to successfully turn sea water into water that is fresh and drinkable on an island.
But knowing how to turn saltwater into drinking water can get you around this problem.
Desalination technology produces freshwater and along with.
Not only will drinking salt water make you even more dehydrated enough of it will cause kidney failure and death.
Distillation essentially distillation artificially mimics what occurs in nature.
It could help address the world s looming water crisis.
Users manually power a pump which pushes water multiple filters removing salt and other impurities to make it suitable for drinking.
Yet the most widely used method is still based on the same principle.
When saltwater evaporates it leaves the salt behind.
A solar powered system can turn salt water into fresh drinking water for 25 000 people per day.
You ll also need a heat resistant glass or metal bottle a cork or rubber seal for the bottle a few of feet of tubing and a catch basin.
Desalination has come a long way in the 2 400 years or so since people boiled salt water and collected the steam in sponges.
The device is capable of producing 4 700 gallons of fresh.
To turn saltwater into drinking water start by pouring the saltwater into a bowl and placing a small cup in the center of the water.
Heated water evaporates to become water vapor leaving salts and impurities behind and then condenses as it cools to.