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■ DESALINATION PLANT.

#Alternativetech #GS3

In the latest development, Maharashtra announced the setting up of a desalination plant in Mumbai, becoming the fourth state in the country to experiment with the
idea.

□ ABOUT DESALINATION PLANT

◇ A desalination plant turns salt water into water that is fit to drink.

◇ These plants are mostly set up in areas that have access to sea water.

□ TECH USED IN THIS PLANT :-

◇ The most commonly used technology for the process is reverse osmosis where external pressure is applied to push solvents from an area of high-solute concentration to an area of low-solute concentration through a membrane.

◇ The microscopic pores in the membranes allow water molecules through but leave salt and most other impurities behind, releasing clean water from the other side.

□ The following states are using the technology:-

◇ Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Andhra pradesh.


︎SOURCE - THE INDIAN EXPRESS.

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