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In a strategic collaboration, OceanWell, a forward-thinking startup, is delving into the ocean’s depths to investigate the potential of harnessing fresh drinking water through specialized desalination pods positioned on the ocean floor. By partnering with the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District in southern California, it is dedicated to evaluating the viability of this inventive endeavor. Conventional desalination techniques usually come with high energy costs and result in the creation of saline byproducts detrimental to marine ecosystems. OceanWell is on a mission to transform this procedure by integrating desalination with cutting-edge offshore energy technology.

A Californian start-up is investigating the feasibility of harvesting freshwater from desalination pods on the ocean floor. OceanWell is partnering with Las Virgenes Municipal Water District (LVMWD) in southern California to pilot the state’s first "blue water farm". The project will be the first to use OceanWell's purification technology to create a new supply of drinking water. OceanWell says its technology has the potential to turn any raw water source into drinking water, without the environmental impacts of traditional desalination methods, which is energy intensive and creates a brine byproduct that can harm eco-systems.

As global water scarcity spreads and more regions begin to run out of the freshwater they need for daily life, desalination is heralded as the answer. It already provides countless people with reliable clean water, but it also carries some disadvantages as an energy-intensive process with high environmental costs. Now, OceanWell’s new offshore desalination system promises to overcome these downsides and offer another option. In this article, we explore the new technology and find out what makes it different.