In photos: Dubai’s massive desalination plant

Where they tame the undrinkable ocean

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Published Feb 18, 2017 4:03 AM EST

water pours into filtration baskets — Spencer Lowell

reverse-osmosis facility — Spencer Lowell

man on a bicycle near the massive tubes that make up the plant — Spencer Lowell

water flows out of a spigot — Spencer Lowell

brine outflows in the the gulf — Spencer Lowell

This article was originally published in the March/April 2017 issue of Popular Science, under the title “Where they tame the undrinkable ocean.”