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The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will be undertaking a study on the impact of reverse osmosis (RO) technology, which is a purification process that can be used to transform seawater into potable water.
Reverse osmosis is a multistage water filtration process that is used to remove up to 99.9 per cent of contaminants such as dissolved salts, chemicals, unwanted minerals, and biological substances from seawater.
The resulting filtered water would, thereafter, be deemed fit for domestic use.
The study is being facilitated through a $61-million technical assistance grant from the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and will be undertaken at 13 NEPA-approved RO sites islandwide.