Innovation of the Week: New Membranes Cut the Cost of Seawater Desalination
Advanced generations of reverse-osmosis membranes promise lower energy use — what does that mean for coastal cities and mega projects?
Laboratories worldwide are racing to build more efficient desalination membranes: higher water permeability, sharper salt rejection, longer operating life — the sum is less energy per cubic meter produced.
For Egypt, where desalination plants are expanding along the coasts, every percentage of energy savings translates directly into cheaper water and stronger feasibility for new coastal cities.
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