Design Brief: Individual

A coastal Atacama town (Offexploring)

Tierra de Atacama View (TA)

Design and build the desalination component of a small-scale, inexpensive household desalination device marketed primarily towards poor rural families in northern Chile, but usable in many different environments throughout the world, specifically those with low rainfall but easy access to saline water. The unit must be durable and low-maintenence, and must provide enough water for an average Chilean family (~4 people) to sustain themselves daily. The desalination component should purify the water quickly and completely, leaving no trace of salty taste or smell.
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