Modern desalination technology has been around for decades, but it has failed to revolutionize how water is collected and delivered in most parts of the world. That’s because desalination is an incredibly energy intensive process. The plants are also massive, taking up valuable coastal property, and can be harmful to nearby marine life, both through the intake of seawater and the disposal of brine. A new, emerging approach to desalination promises to address all these issues at once by installin