A desalination plant is a facility that removes salt and other impurities from seawater to produce fresh water. This process is essential in areas where freshwater resources are scarce, helping to provide drinking water for communities and support agriculture. The most common methods used in desalination are reverse osmosis and thermal distillation. In reverse osmosis, seawater is pushed through a membrane that filters out salt and contaminants. Thermal distillation involves heating seawater to create steam, which is then condensed back into liquid water, leaving the salt behind.