Australia spends US$ 2¼ million on desalination research
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Academic
Researchers at the universities of Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales and Edith Cowan University in Western Australia will work with international research partners Stanford University (USA), Dow Water & Process Solutions and Ghent University (Belgium) in projects valued at over Aus$2.5million (US$2.27million), including cash and in-kind contributions.
Their new projects will replicate nature's filters to create bio-organic water filters for use in desalination plants, further develop a prototype fibre-optic sensor measuring water treatment temperatures that doesn't corrode, and find alternative recycling and reuse options for used desalination plant membranes. Researchers will also use nanotechnology to test an assisted forward-osmosis nanofiltration concept.
NCEDA research into desalination and its application to help drought-proof communities is currently worth more than Aus$80million (US$72.5million), with nearly 50 projects under way across Australia.
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