News tagged with reverse osmosis

Radical changes needed to quench the world's thirst

Korea pushes research and development for global water market. Busan, a city of almost 4 million and host of the IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, will be operating the world’s largest seawater reverse osmosis ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research makes desalination easier to swallow

"We live in one of the driest places on earth, and so the opportunity to create new sources of water for the Australian community is incredibly important," said Professor Saravanamuth Vigneswaran, Director ...

Technology / Other

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Desalinating seawater with minimal energy use

At a pilot facility in Singapore, Siemens has cut the energy needed to desalinate seawater by more than 50 percent. The plant processes 50 cubic meters of water per day, consuming only 1.5 kilowatt-hours of ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Britain unveils desalination plant for London reservoirs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Britain has brought online a new desalination plant near London capable of providing the city with 150 million gallons (568 million litres) of water per day, should the need arise. At a cost ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

New technology being developed for use in Jordan desalination plant

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are developing technology to scale up a novel method for achieving very high recoveries in desalination by reverse osmosis to be used in a Jordanian desalinization plant.

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0