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Confusing statement in "Osmosis" section

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The article is locked to prevent vandalism (?), so I can't do anything to fix this. The second paragraph in the "Osmosis" section begins with a confusing statement:

> RO differs from filtration in that the mechanism of fluid flow is reversed, as the solvent crosses membrane, leaving the solute behind.

I might be misunderstanding (in which case this could be clarified), but I think this is incorrect and might have been intended to read "RO differs from forward osmosis", referring to the subject of the first paragraph. Then again, the rest of the paragraph talks about other classes of filtration, so maybe the wording is intentional (and perhaps wrong?). 99.230.147.237 (talk) 03:14, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with User 99.230.147.237. The above sentence doesn't make sense. In filtration, the solvent also crosses the membrane, leaving the solute behind. --202.28.35.193 (talk) 03:39, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 23 September 2023

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Change: The Ashkelon desalination plant in Israel is the world's largest. To: The Jebel Ali Power Plant and Water Desalination complex in The United Arab Emirates is the world's largest desalination plant. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/425709-largest-water-desalination-plant NecrolineDK (talk) 15:21, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: Please provide additional, reliable sources for this edit request. Currently Guinness World Records has a "no consensus" rating at WP:RSPSOURCES, with concerns about using them to establish notability and about paid coverage. Given these concerns, I'm not sure it's the best source to verify a statement like this, but hopefully other reliable sources exist that can. -- Pinchme123 (talk) 05:08, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]