We all agree that Desalination has been a life-saver, especially in areas without safe water. These salty waters are made fit for consumption through reverse osmosis or thermal desalination. However, there’s a dark side to this process. Here are five disadvantages of desalination that you probably never knew.
1. Health Hazards
You must have heard countless times that desalination involves a purification process before being consumed. While that is true, some chemicals used in the purification process can easily seep into the purified water. These chemicals can damage your plumbing pipes, and in turn, release by-products of the poisonous chemicals into your water. In this case, drinking desalinated water can be very …

There are a lot of epidemics going on in Africa. While poverty is at the forefront of these problems, there seems to be another which is prevalent but mostly overlooked. This is the lack and access to clean water in Africa. Poverty might not be easily eliminated, but the water crisis in Africa is a solvable issue. Here are five sustainable clean water solutions to the water crisis in Africa.
1. Desalination
Since most African countries are surrounded by salty bodies of water that are not consumable, desalination to solve the global water crisis is the…