Yeah seems like a category error: desalination is a mode of production, tap is a mode of delivery

I assume you understand that the vast majority of the tap water is not in that category?

Well I’d hazard a guess that this new desal method isn’t cheaper than well water for rural areas where that’s an option.

Or surface water for areas with plentiful rain.

And I’d further hazard a guess that their cost analysis hasn’t scaled up or thought about distribution.

And their invention is pretty useless for people inland since then it requires the distribution that makes many of the other systems costly.

Basically the title is PR bunk is what I’m saying.

Tap water has to come from somewhere. Dig a well, dam a river or desal the ocean, they all have significant costs to produce, treat, and distribute the water.

Even if you did build one of these devices outside your house, you'd still need to pressurize and plumb it into your house's water supply.

Simply producing water is but one step among many to make that water usable.

I think it is time for internets to adopt a second heading/headline. It can explain what the article is about like in the good old days, the first one can bait the clicks. We all want better click bait but also to know wtf is going on. "It produces unlimited FREE drinking water!" => "remove salt residue from solar distillation apparatus"

When you introduce second field, it will ALSO be used for clickbaiting.

Also, if the second field is too much informative, I don't need to read a lot of articles anymore.