Advantages and disadvantages of solar distillation?

One of the main sources of all types of energy is from sun.. The sources like fossil fuels, etc r gonna sure disappear some years later.. also its utilisation now also creates serious impact on life of human beings...u can c in many places were its temperature is hike... so installation of other devices for purification s a hard tiring process. so the better option s to use the available source for the purification process will be a good one. so its a advantage.