Solar distillation is a technique through which brackish water is converted into potable water by using solar power. Since fossil fuels are costly and continuously depleting and distillation process needs a large amount of fuel for getting drinking water from saline water. For this solar still system is a quite better option. Basically solar still system classified in two ways, and active solar distillation system and passive solar distillation system. For enhancing performance of solar distillation system many researches are made in various arrangements is made on solar still. The basic aim of this review paper is to review single slope solar still system based on reducing the loss of solar energy by using phase change materials like paraffin wax, silica as an energy storage materials, wick type solar distillation system and study about the erosion and corrosion of solar still basin material which affects directly or indirectly of solar still performance. It is found using these arrangements increase the performance and energy efficiency of the solar distillation system by 60%. Also some other parameters like solar radiation, air flow velocity, dust and cloudy condition, inclination angle of glass reflector and depth of saline in basin etc. affects its performance

Solar still, Brackish water, Distillation, Phase change materials, Energy storage materials, Wick type.