Water covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, but just 2.5% of the world’s water is fresh. That’s made desalination — pulling salt and other minerals out of nonpotable water to create fresh water for drinking or industrial use — vital to communities in arid regions from the Middle East to California. And thanks to factors like climate change, urbanization, and industrialization (shoutout data centers), more important than ever. The trouble is…… that conventional desalination is:An energy intensive process that only retains ~30%-40% of the water it processes. Fortunately, Eden isn’t the only one working on making desalination cheaper, cleaner, and more efficient.