2006-06-24 15:02:52 · 4 answers · asked by happybidz2003 6 in Travel ➔ Cruise Travel
All ships have a water desalination plant on board. The desalinator takes salt water from the sea and removed the salt and other impurities from it and prepares it the same as your local water purification company. I saw a Modern Marvels special about cruise ships and how they are built. It showed that they actually have 3 water systems on ships. One for pure fresh drinking quality water, another for water for the toilet systems onship (there is lots of wastes if a ship has more than 1500 bathrooms on it), and a third for use for cleaning the ship and doing laundry.
2006-06-25 08:08:05 · answer #1 · answered by TINKERTOY ..... the 1 & only 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Modern ships are now capable of making their own fresh water, as well as having a treatment facilities for anything being 'donated' to the ocean.
Many ships no longer give tours, but still have talks about how they run daily business. You were thinking of fresh water, but there is so much more! Just think about it, a large ship is very similar to a small town. Trash, garbage, not to mention how may toilet flushes.
These floating cities do it all, and without polluting our seas... not bad. ;-)
2006-06-25 07:36:09 · answer #2 · answered by Robin 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they have evaporators that make fresh water from ocean water constantly
2006-06-24 22:08:04 · answer #3 · answered by biggun4570 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they probably make it. If you boil water it comes out very clean.
2006-06-24 22:07:02 · answer #4 · answered by Nelson_DeVon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋