News tagged with water desalination
Researchers successfully test solar desalination system for arid land agriculture
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have created a man-made oasis in the desert with the successful application of a solar-powered desalination system that provides water for irrigation in arid regions. The ...
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May 25, 2012 |
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Greenpeace finds pollution from Italy cruise ship wreck
Greenpeace on Friday warned that chemicals from a cruise ship wreck were oozing into the sea around Italy's picturesque Giglio Island but the environment ministry said the levels were not "significant".
Mar 09, 2012 |
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A study describes liquid water diffusion at molecular level
An article published in Physical Review E and conducted by Spanish researchers at the universities of Granada and Barcelona might lead to a revolutionary change in water desalination and filtration methods.
Feb 24, 2012 |
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Airlift for drought-stricken Pacific island
New Zealand and Australia will Friday begin an airlift to help supply fresh water to the tiny drought-stricken Pacific nation of Tuvalu, which is under a state of emergency due to the crisis.
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Second Pacific island declares drought emergency
A second South Pacific community has declared a state of emergency in a drought crisis that has seen water rationing imposed in parts of the region, officials in Wellington said Tuesday.
Oct 04, 2011 |
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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 ...
Apr 25, 2011 |
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Research offers new desalination process using carbon nanotubes
A faster, better and cheaper desalination process enhanced by carbon nanotubes has been developed by NJIT Professor Somenath Mitra. The process creates a unique new architecture for the membrane distillation ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Singapore to triple desalination capacity by 2013
Singapore will more than triple its desalinated water capacity in two years' time when the country's second and largest desalination plant starts operations, the government said Monday.
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Researchers discover a way to simultaneously desalinate water, produce hydrogen and treat wastewater
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fresh water and reusable energy. Humans are on a constant hunt for a sustainable supply of both. Water purification requires a lot of energy, while utility companies need large amounts of ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 03, 2010 |
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Solar-powered disaster relief
As water and fuel remained scarce in the weeks following the earthquake in Haiti earlier this year, one resource that relief teams could have used to help prevent dehydration literally surrounds the Caribbean ...
Oct 15, 2010 |
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Scientists observe single ions moving through tiny carbon-nanotube channel
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a team of MIT chemical engineers has observed single ions marching through a tiny carbon-nanotube channel. Such channels could be used as extremely sensitive detectors ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Using the rays of the sun to convert sea- to drinking water
Many of the world's remote areas with water shortages also have three things in abundance: Sun, wind and sea. How renewable energies can be harnessed more effectively in the future to transform salty seawater ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Hold the salt: Engineers develop revolutionary new desalination membrane
(PhysOrg.com) -- The new reverse-osmosis membrane resists the clogging that typically occurs when seawater and brackish water are purified.
Apr 06, 2010 |
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A system that's worth its salt: New approach to water desalination could lead to small, portable units
(PhysOrg.com) -- Potable water is often in high demand and short supply following a natural disaster like the Haiti earthquake or Hurricane Katrina. In both of those instances, the disaster zones were near ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 21, 2010 |
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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.
Aug 19, 2009 |
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