Why do we not collect water by evaporation?

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anor277
Oct 7, 2016

Because it is an energy intensive process?

Explanation:

You willl have to qualify your question here. Are you asking why desalination methods are not more widely employed? Of course, in some locales, rain water is collected in storage tanks next to suburban houses. And certainly here the water is collected by evaporation.

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