Why is desalination so hard?

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Every few years, you hear about some new revolution in the process, but nothing much after. Why is that? Is it very hard to scale up or…?

Also, is it going to become more viable as fresh water is becoming more scarce?

Thank you in advance.

Thank you all. So it was basically what I thought. It’s not hard to do, but it is not really feasible due to many factors.

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It takes a lot of pressure and therefore energy to pump salt water through salt-removal membranes.

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