00:00 This is the ocean full of salt water, and this is a new piece of tech that can turn
00:08 it into fresh water.
00:09 It's called Waterize, and it could change the future of reverse osmosis forever.
00:13 The problem with conventional reverse osmosis is that it needs a lot of energy to strip
00:17 salt out of the water.
00:18 That's where Waterize comes in, using the constant and extreme natural pressure of deep
00:22 ocean areas rather than using pressurizers to create it artificially.
00:26 This is Waterize CEO Niels Peter Wright.
00:29 He says they drop their device into the ocean and send it down to around 1,650 feet.
00:35 Then they turn it on.
00:36 What we do is we lower the unit down, we put energy to it, we start the pumps, and then
00:42 after a few minutes when we created the differential pressure, then the water starts to permeate
00:46 coming up through the house.
00:48 And he says it continues doing its job, lowering the amount of energy needed to cause reverse
00:52 osmosis by upwards of 40%.
00:54 But because of the depth, the water is also cold when it comes out.
00:57 What's more, a single machine can create as much as 50 million liters of water every
01:02 day, which is good news moving forward.
01:04 As global warming continues, more and more areas around the globe are expected to be
01:07 in need of freshwater sources, something Waterize can provide in spades.
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