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Filtering would likely not be plausible. Very expensive membranes would be required. If you could boil it and collect the vapor (this is called distillation), and maybe repeat the process the water should be good to drink.
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∙ 12y agoOnly after desalinization.
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Why is drinking large amounts of ocean water dangerous?
Ocean water contains salt. When salt water is in the cell, the body uses its water to dilute the salt. If you drink large amounts of salt water, you won't have any fresh water to replenish the water you lost diluting all that salt.
How do you make salt from ocean water?
Boil a lot of sea water.
Which is a biological contaminat?
Biological contamination of water is when microbes are present in drinking water. This makes it unsuitable for drinking as it can make you sick.
Why does water need to be treated to make it drinkable?
We human beings consume a tremendous amount of water, and in most cases we need pure water, or something close to pure. We do not want to pump in water from the ocean and use it for drinking, washing, cooking, irrigation, etc., since the salt will cause problems.
Does high tide make the ocean water clear?
No, I don't think the ocean water will ever be clear. There will always be sand and fish and dirt and animal waste and ALL sorts of things in the ocean.
Do we get drinking water from the ocean?
Ocean water is converted to drinking water through a process known as desalinization (removal of salt).
If you live in the ocean how do you get drinking water?
if you live in the ocean you are not human...
Why can't ocean water be treted to make drinking water?
Ocean Water can be treated through the process of desallination which removes the salt and other contaminants. This process can make fresh water from ocean water, but the process of desallination is very expensive, and too arduous to rely on as a significant source of fresh, drinkable water.
Can you use ocean water?
For what? If you mean, "Can you use ocean water for your swimming pool?" then, yes you can! If you were meaning to say, "Can you use ocean water for drinking?" then yes, you could use ocean water to drink if you like drinking salty water, or if you prefer tap water, you can have that instead. Please sign up on wiki.answers.com and tell me what you mean when you say, "Can you use ocean water?" :)Thanks! ;)
What is Australia's water policy?
Australia is surrounded by an ocean. They have machines which filter the ocean water and make it into clean drinking water. But this costs a lot of money to do. So they also use natural springs found in the forest parts of australia
Is drinking ocean water harmful?
Answer Drinking water is good for you. Salt water is salty but it makes you drink a lot. Answer Drinking ocean water is not reccommended. It is not very clean, so you could get ill from it. Also, because it is so salty, it can cause problems for your body. Your body needs water with much less salt in it
Does drinking pop make you urinate more than water?
No, drinking water will make you urinate more than drinking soda. This is because the water cleans the toxins out of your body.
Do ocean fish avoid building up excess salt by not drinking water?
No. Ocean fish do not "drink" water; they BREATHE water. Their bodies are in equilibrium with the salt in the oceans.
Why is the water blue in the ocean but not in a cup?
The only reason the water in thee ocean is because of the reflection like if you are in the shower or has drinking water the water is clear and colorless because there is no reflection of the sky
Is ocean a main source of water?
It is a main source of water for household purposes but it is not for drinking Thanks Gaurang
What can you make questions regard about deep well as a source of potable drinking water?
Drinking water
If drinking water make you grow?
haha unfortunatly no...water can not make you grow.
