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Stony Brook University scientist are researching two innovative and robust solutions to provide drinking water at the University’s Turkana Basin Institute (TBI) in northern Kenya. They are using a breakthrough nanofibrous membrane technologies powered by gravity or solar heat.
Solving the Freshwater Puzzle | Water Quality | Stony Brook University - The State University of New YorkAs the number of infected cases due to fecal contamination continues to rise in Texas, technology developed at Texas A&M University could serve as a valuable tool in helping identify the source of the contamination if it is water-based.
Solving the Freshwater Puzzle | Water Quality | Texas A&M UniversityUniversity of Michigan awarded $10,000 grants last year to seven research teams, so they could work with communities across the Great Lakes region, including Michigan, to identify local problems that stem from water level fluctuations.
Solving the Freshwater Puzzle | Water Quality | University of MichiganFrom New Jersey to North Carolina to Ghana, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill undergraduate researcher follows her passion to improve access to clean water.
Solving the Freshwater Puzzle | Water Quality | The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMIT study, “Experimentation in Product Evaluation: Household Water Filters in Ahmedabad, India,” assesses suitability, scalability, and sustainability of water filters.
Solving the Freshwater Puzzle | Water Quality | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMIT PhD student Natasha Wright makes water safe to drink for rural, off-grid Indian villages by designed a village-scale desalination system that runs on solar power.
Solving the Freshwater Puzzle | Water Quality | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyResearchers at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center have developed a new forward osmosis (FO) system for desalinating water in a safe, simple process that results in a lower carbon footprint than current FO processes.
Solving the Freshwater Puzzle | Water Quality | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignA University of Virginia engineering professor is exploring ways to improve polymer membranes to make desalination simpler and less expensive.
Solving the Freshwater Puzzle | Water Quality | University of VirginiaNew filter developed by University of Oregon will extract valuable metals and create clean water from briny, hot, underground water that’s increasingly being tapped to generate electricity in geothermal energy plants
Solving the Freshwater Puzzle | Water Quality | University of OregonResearchers at Michigan State study have produced the most-detailed list of viruses in ballast water to date, and aims to provide engineers, environmental scientists and policy makers with vital information on how ships spread viruses.
Solving the Freshwater Puzzle | Water Quality | Michigan State University