desalinators
Seawater treatment devices
Desalinators are devices that remove salt from seawater to produce freshwater.
They operate through various methods—reverse osmosis, distillation, or electrodialysis—and range from industrial plants serving cities to portable units for boats or emergency kits: The ship's desalinator produces enough drinking water for the entire crew.
Water saturated with sodium
- saltwaterOcean water, chemically speaking
- seawaterSalty ocean fluid
- brackishMildly salty water
- marineRelating to the sea
intake · outfall · ocean · coastal · offshore · shipboard · concentrate · tidal
Pressure-driven membrane filtration
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- energy recoveryRecapturing dissipated power
- hydraulic pressureForce transmitted through liquid
- feedwaterLiquid for steam generation
pretreatment · filtration · distillation · pilot plant · modular units
Safe for ingestion
- drinking waterSafe liquid for consumption
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- hydrationBodily fluid replenishment
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
aquifers · reservoirs · water supply · municipal · utilities · tap water · consumption · distribution
Prolonged water scarcity
- water crisisInsufficient supply emergency
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
- aridDevoid of water
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
rationing · water stress · climate adaptation · emergency supply · humanitarian aid · refugee camps · disaster relief · island communities
Serious sudden danger
- life-savingPreventing fatal outcomes
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- portableAble to be carried
- survival kitLife-preserving supply bundle
lifeboat · castaway · rescue · prepper · survivalist · wilderness · dehydration · sustenance
brine
Water saturated with sodium
marine · intake · outfall · ocean · coastal · offshore · shipboard · concentrate · tidal
reverse osmosis
Pressure-driven membrane filtration
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- energy recoveryRecapturing dissipated power
- hydraulic pressureForce transmitted through liquid
feedwater · pretreatment · filtration · distillation · pilot plant · modular units
potable
Safe for ingestion
- drinking waterSafe liquid for consumption
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- hydrationBodily fluid replenishment
irrigation · aquifers · reservoirs · water supply · municipal · utilities · tap water · consumption · distribution · water security
drought
Prolonged water scarcity
- water crisisInsufficient supply emergency
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
- aridDevoid of water
shortage · rationing · water stress · climate adaptation · emergency supply · humanitarian aid · refugee camps · disaster relief · island communities · remote areas
emergency
Serious sudden danger
- life-savingPreventing fatal outcomes
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- portableAble to be carried
survival kit · lifeboat · castaway · rescue · prepper · survivalist · wilderness · dehydration · sustenance · military
desalinatorschlorinators
Devices dispensing pool sanitizer
contaminators · polluters · water softeners · carbon filters · aerators