Large-scale desalination

Built on

• National electricity gridRecorded · 1926requires
• Reverse-osmosis membraneRecorded · 1960enables

Led to

• Desert farmingRecorded · 2016enables
• Floating power and water islandsRecorded · 2022enables
• Low-energy desalinationForecast · ~2032enables
• Minerals from desalination brineForecast · ~2063enables

Sources & evidence

• Additional source

Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.