Why do water-treatment plants dont use distillation to purify the water?

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Why do water-treatment plants dont use distillation to purify the water?

2007-09-20 14:30:33 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

dont = not*

2007-09-20 14:31:39 · update #1

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Because it's too energy intensive. You have toboil all that water, then condense it again. You have to buy the fuel, then figure where to put the heat. In countries where they're short of water, they use reverse osmosis to purify sea water.

2007-09-20 14:39:26 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

It is not cost effective to heat the waste water necessary for distillation.

2007-09-20 14:35:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋