2021 World Water Day judges choice: Creative communication - Portable desalination unit for hydration

J-WAFS announces the Creative Communication Judges Choice Award Winner in its 2021 World Water Day video competition: ICPWaterTech: Portable desalination unit, submitted by Junghyo Yoon, a post-doctoral researcher in the Research Laboratory of Electronics, and Jongyoon Han, professor of mechanical engineering and of biology at MIT. The innovation is a briefcase-style portable seawater desalination unit using the ICP technology that can remove both total dissolved solids and total suspended solids using electrical power. It requires 15~20 Wh/L to produce drinking water assisted by a battery chargeable by a solar panel.