Engineers Develop New System to Provide Low-Cost Drinking Water
Technology captures water evaporating from cooling towers; prototype to be installed on MIT’s Central Utility Plant. A new system devised by MIT engineers could provide…
Desalination
MIT Engineers Develop a Shockwave-Based Process for Desalination of Water
Chemical engineers from MIT have developed an efficient shockwave-based process to treat salty, brackish or contaminated water to make it usable. As the availability of…
Safe Drinking Water Via Solar Power Desalination
Natasha Wright, an MIT PhD student in mechanical engineering, has designed a solar powered system that makes water safe to drink for rural, off-grid Indian…
A Cost-Effective Treatment for Salty Water from Fracked Wells
A newly published study reveals how electrodialysis can provide cost-effective treatment of salty water from oil and gas wells. The boom in oil and gas…
Sun-Powered Desalination Technology Could Provide Drinking Water for Villages
A newly published study from MIT shows that a desalination technology powered by solar panels could provide enough clean drinking water for many of the…
Desalination Technique Using Graphene Sheets Improves Permeability and Efficiency
Using computer simulations, engineers at MIT have developed a new graphene-based desalination system that uses sheets of graphene with precisely sized holes, improving permeability and…
New Desalination Membrane Technology Promises to Be More Efficient
This year, more than a third of the world will suffer from shortages of potable water. This number is expected to rise by 50% by…