The small island country of Cyprus may soon be shipping water on tankers from Greece, Egypt and Lebanon to supplement current dwindling water supplies. As previously on my water web-log, Cyprus has been facing drier than normal conditions for four consecutive years. Winter in Cyprus, November through March, usually serves to fill reservoirs for the coming season. […]
Natural Slime for Water Desalination Process
October 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment
In an article on Science Alert, a group of scientists from Environmental Biotechnology CRC (EBCRC) claim to have discovered a natural slime that will aid in the desalinization process used with membrane technology. Currently, in the majority of the world, it is too expensive to remove salt from water on a large-scale basis in a […]
Netherlands: Water Desalination Research
October 18, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Tuesday, it was posted on an engineering website that a large environmental consulting firm will be collaborating with TTIW Wetsus – Centre for Sustainable Water Technology (of the Netherlands) to begin extensive research into desalination of water supplies. It is not clear whether this is a government funded effort, but with widespread cognition of climate […]
