Can turning seawater into drinking water be a cost-effective way to  provide clean, fresh water for the growing numbers of people facing water scarcity? Bahman Abbasi, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is taking up that challenge with a mobile, modular, solar-powered, desalination system.

Bonus content

• OSU-Cascades researcher awarded $2 million to develop solar-powered desalination technology
• Department of Energy Solar Desalination program
• Energy Systems Engineering -- OSU Cascades

https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/season-7-clean-water/turning-seawater-sweet-water-s7e6