Although water is often scarce for human consumption and agriculture, this planet is three-quarters covered by the stuff. The problem is getting the salt out, and this is normally done by the Earth’s ...

Chinese scientists, using a combination of nanomaterials and organic polymers, created technology that can capture 90% of ...

A Korean research team found a method to inhibit the fouling of membranes, which are used in the desalination process that removes salt and dissolved substances from seawater to obtain drinking, ...

Dallas, Texas, May 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Water Desalination Market Size by Technology {Reverse osmosis (RO), Multi Stage Flash Distillation (MSF), Multi Effect Distillation (MED), ...

The trial is assessing whether ceramic membrane technology developed by Japanese firm Meiden can replace the three-stage ...

Process could turn concentrated brine into useful chemicals, making desalination more efficient. The rapidly growing desalination industry produces water for drinking and for agriculture in the ...

The use of reverse osmosis desalination technology has gathered more and more usage and interest over the last few years. It is responsible for producing a large amount of fresh water for the growing ...

A worker walks through the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant in Carlsbad, CA. [Photo: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times/Getty Images] BY Kiran Tota-Maharaj Clean freshwater is critical ...

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More than 16,000 desalination plants scattered across the globe produce far more toxic sludge than fresh water, according to a first global assessment of the sector's industrial waste, published ...