Eli5 if salt water turns to fresh water when it evaporates how do we have water shortages in coastal regions or water shortages in general?

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Eli5 if salt water turns to fresh water when it evaporates how do we have water shortages in coastal regions or water shortages in general?

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Are you maybe thinking of it backwards? Salt water turns into just salt due to evaporation. It’s not the salt that gets sucked into the air and blows away…

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