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Katadyn is a World leading manufacturer of efficient and convenient water desalination and purification systems.

On your voyage fresh water is one of the few things you will absolutely need every single day.

The freedom to make your own fresh water anytime will make a significant improvement to your cruising lifestyle.

Katadyn Watermakers – compact, simple and durable – will satisfy the most demanding mariners.

In the 1980s, the US Navy identified the need for a portable, hand-operated desalinator to provide emergency fresh water for sailors and downed pilots.

We responded with an innovative solution that made it possible:

In order to remove dissolved salts from seawater with a reverse osmosis membrane, extremely high pressures must be generated.

Traditionally, powerful motors and large amounts of energy are used to generate the necessary high pressures.

This was no problem for large vessels that had plenty of power and space to spare.

Therefore, fresh water was a luxury that few sailors could afford.

The Patented Katadyn Energy Recovery System takes advantage of stored energy in the high pressure reject water that is typically wasted.

The pressurized reject water is re-circulated to the back side of the piston to assist the next stroke.

This continuously stored energy is kept in the system, resulting in much less work to achieve fresh water from the sea.