Solar Seawater Desalination

Water scarcity is on the rise in many regions of the world. Seawater and brackish water desalination is an alternative solution in places where it is not appropriate to supply water centrally through a pipe network or via road transportation, and where there is a plentiful supply of sunshine. Using its TerraBasic technology, TERRAWATER has developed the TerraSolar system for precisely this situation. TerraSolar can meet the following types of requirements which are essential for decentralized systems:

• Simple to use which means specialists are not required; local residents can operate the system
• The system is able to withstand harsh environmental conditions (heat, frost, hail, dirt, heavy rain etc.)
• Operating materials, such as chemicals etc., are not required
• Very low operating and maintenance costs
• Discontinuous operation is possible