Is there any way to clean the salt (filter) out of ocean water.?

Question

Because if so, couldn't we kinda curb the oceanic rise? Bottle it all up?

Ok Ash, keep going, I mean if it came to that, if its really irreversable, surly there could be some way...

I have a 3 year old, and I'll admit, I am quite worried.

Answer 1

Yes, it's called desalination, and they've been doing it for years. My husband builds desalination plants. Great idea though

Answer 2

The process of removing salt from seawater to create regular drinking water is called desalination. The major problem associated with desalination is not just the cost, but the power used to convert the water as well as waste that is created during the process that is harmful to the ocean (it creates industrial waste). New techniques in this field have made it cheaper and less impactful on fossil fuels to extract salt from seawater.

Many cruise ships (and regular ships) do this at sea for their drinking water.

Answer 3

most countries do obtain their salt from the sea.
http://www.lanzarote-guide.com/gui-eng/seasalt.htm. It's cheap and it's free not like what they say in wikipedia. Our country has perfected a method which is pretty good and most countries do the same. but ocean rise is mostly due to green house gases and pollution causing global warming making the sea levels rise by melting the polar caps. And bottling anything as large as the sea. :) Do you have any idea about the metric tonnes you are talking about.

Answer 4

Most desert countries use some form of desalination of sea water. The most common system would be distillation.

Answer 5

Desalinazation but it take a lot of energy to do it and the water still aint the best to drink

Answer 6

Yes, but it tends to be expensive and uses a lot of energy.

Answer 7

yes you have to heat the water then condense it