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There are some key words that need to be recognized here and the first would be the word 'Filtering, the second 'Fit to drink'. The content of sea water that makes it unfit to drink is its high concentration of salt (sodium chloride) which in large amounts in deadly if consumed. So naturally making the the sea water fit to drink would obviously mean removing the salt (sodium chloride).
The reason why filtering can't be used is because filtering is used to remove any solids, as the salt has dissolved it can't be removed via filtration.
A method that is commonly used to remove salt (sodium Chloride) from water is to evaporate the sea water, leaving behind the salt in the form of salt chrystals. Remembering to place a cool surface above where the water is evaporating from, that way the water condenses and can be dripped into a new container.
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Filtering alone is not sufficient to make sea water fit to drink because sea water contains high levels of salt and other impurities. Simple filters are not capable of removing these substances effectively. Additional methods, such as desalination or reverse osmosis, are required to remove the salt and make sea water drinkable.
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