watermaker

Seawater becomes drinkable

A watermaker is a device that converts seawater into fresh drinking water through reverse osmosis or distillation.

Essential equipment on oceangoing vessels and in coastal areas without reliable freshwater sources: The yacht's watermaker produces forty gallons per hour.

Also called a desalinator.

desalination

reverse osmosis

Pressure-driven membrane filtration

brackish · brine · freshwater · potable · ion-exchange · pretreatment · multistage · thermal · evaporation · condensation

marine

yacht

Large pleasure vessel

galley · liveaboard · offshore · passage · provisioning · self-sufficiency · onboard · sea trial · through-hull · installation

survival

liferaft

Inflatable emergency vessel

life raft · hand-operated · solar still · desalinator · rationing · rescue · adrift · stranded · survival kit · backup

equipment

pump

Fluid-moving machine

flow meter · pressure gauge · storage tank · charcoal filter · energy recovery · manual operation · automatic flush · GPH · modular · compact

Categories
Opposites
water production vs. water consumption/removal

watermakerdehydrator

Appliance removing liquid from food

dehumidifier · desiccant · bilge pump · drain · sump pump

water purification vs. water contamination

watermakerpolluter

One who dirties environments

contaminator · contaminant · pollutant · poison

Family

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G