Nine Projects Selected to Share $1.1 Million for Desalination and Water Purification Research

Published on September 17, 2013 04:12 by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Academic

Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor announced that nine entities will share more than $1.1 million in awards in support of laboratory and pilot scale research studies in the field of water desalination and purification. Through required cost shares of up to 75%, Reclamation's funding will be leveraged to support a total of $3 million in research.

"Desalination and other advanced water treatment technologies have the potential to provide new water sources for communities," Commissioner Connor said. "This research effort will examine innovative technologies that have the potential to reduce the cost of treating brackish water - helping to create new tools for addressing future water challenges."

The funding was provided through Reclamation's Desalination and Water Purification Research Program. Through this program, Reclamation works in partnership with entities to develop more cost-effective and efficient ways to desalinate water.

The laboratory scale projects selected for funding this year are:

Membrane Structural and Transport Fundamentals for Augmenting Traditional Water Supplies; Pennsylvania State University, $95,467 - This project will look at developing detailed metrics to learn how current membranes could be improved for inland water treatment challenges. The purpose is to demonstrate the feasibility of low-energy membranes for inland water treatment applications and augmenting usable water supplies for inland states.

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