Chemical engineer Kamalesh Sirkar, Ph.D., a professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology and an expert in membrane separation technology, is leading a team of researchers to develop a breakthrough method to desalinate water. Sirkar says that using his technology, engineers will be able to recover water from brines with the highest salt concentrations.
Ensuring stable water supplies has grown more complex as the challenges facing water managers continue to mount, especially in the West. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released a report that examines Western water availability and how science can help ensure an adequate water supply in the future.
The retreat of a massive ice sheet that once covered much of northern Europe has been described for the first time, and researchers believe it may provide a sneak preview of how present-day ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will act in the face of global warming.
Franklin Electric has announced the appointment of Tom Drew as segment marketing manager for the pump specialty market, Western Hemisphere water systems.
University of California, Riverside engineering students' proposal receives grants from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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