How Desalination Works

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How Desalination Works

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Mar 26, 2015

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Why would people want to remove salt from water? To solve the world's water problem, that's why. Learn all about the efforts to desalinate H2O in cheaper and more efficient ways. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Mar 26, 2015

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