Desalinize Using Solar Power - Brazil

To desalinize using solar power in remote regions of the planet seems like a no-brainer! It is both safe and clean.

For example, many communities in Brazil have no electricity. The water supply they rely on often has no desalinization equipment.

And although solar energy is used to pump water from wells in northeast Brazil, it is not used as much as it should be considering the amount of available sunlight in the country. Especially when it comes to giving its populace safe drinking water.

However, the Solar Pumping and Desalinization Station in Livramento, Ceara is trying to overcome these problems.

This station is one of the first in Brazil to desalinize salt water using solar energy.

It produces around 1,000 litres of water per day, enough to supply the 25 households with good quality water. The government wants to use this as a model to be replicated throughout the northeast of the country.

Until now, to desalinize using solar power was not common practice in northeast Brazil.

But with the success of this station, the government is expected to roll out this scheme ensuring safe, clean water for all.

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