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Ocean water needs to be processed first before it can be used. You can buy special filters that remove the salt from ocean water to make it drinkable. You can also distill ocean water to make it drinkable. Even some coastal cities with drought problems have spent millions of dollars making desalinization plants to supply their residents with tap water.
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What happens if you eat ocean water?
It's physically impossible
Does a hurricane rain ocean water or regular water?
It rains regular water. It is impossible to rain ocean water. While the moisture in a hurricane originates from the ocean, it leaves behind components such as salt when it evaporates.
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! ;)
Where do plants in the ocean get carbon?
Carbon Dioxide dissolves in ocean water. Plants in the ocean use the carbon dioxide dissolved in the ocean water.
How do you use ocean as an adjective in a sentence?
"Ocean water has more salt than fresh water."
How do plants use ocean currents?
ocean plants use the current to carry their seeds though the water.
Why do you see tides near an ocean shore?
because out in the open ocean it is nearly impossible to tell if it is high or low tide, and tide is the height of water ON the shore.
What is the capacity of the ocean?
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there is over 1,4 billion cubic kilometers of water on the planet. 95% of that water is in the oceans, so that makes 1,3 billion cubic kilometers of ocean water.
Why is a journey to Indonesia impossible by car?
depends on where you're travelling from. If there is an ocean in between starting point and Indonesia, then you can't use a car because car's can't drive in water. You need a boat or plane.
Why do you hate when you used to expressing volume of a drop of ocean water?
I do not hate the use of water t express the volume of ocean water dropping. This is called virtual water.
What are the causes of scarcity of water across the globe?
There is no scarcity of water around the globe. It would be flatly impossible. The ocean water keeps on evaporating and falling as rain, just as it has for a billion years.
Use estuary in a sentence?
An estuary is a place where fresh water meets ocean water.
