Many people wonder about water conservation. They wonder what could happen if they are out of fresh water. There is so much salt water on the planet. There is a new sieve that turns seawater into drinking water. What a wonderful thing that would be for people that live in places where fresh and clean water is not available. It is also a great safety device for people that are out in a boat or that live by the sea.

Key Takeaways:

• As increasing numbers of people face water scarcity, desalination of sea water becomes more important.
• Graphene oxide can be produced in a lab and used as a filtering membrane.
• Research is needed to determine the industrial cost and durability of graphene oxide membranes.

“When common salts are dissolved in water, they always form a ‘shell’ of water molecules around the salt molecules. This allows the tiny capillaries of the graphene-oxide membranes to block the salt from flowing through along with the water.”

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