ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,779, issued on March 24.

"Production of potable water using chemically forced precipitation" was invented by Robert George Richardson (Shingleton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides two integrated methods for the production of potable water from seawater or other brackish waters using chemical forced precipitation. The process is closed loop. It recycles process reactants and produces commercially valuable potable water and salts. The technology uses a computer software method of process variable control that maintains the chemical forced precipitation process salt, solvent, and water concentrations as req...