Desalination for a Circular Water Economy

Today's water systems are enabled by ample fresh water sources, low-cost centralized treatment, and facile wastewater disposal.  This linear paradigm delivers low-cost water, but it is increasingly vulnerable to climate change, aging infrastructure, source water contamination, and high energy prices.  The National Alliance for Water Innovation, a DOE funded Energy-Water Desalination Hub, was founded with the mission of securing the US water supply for municipal, industrial, and agricultural water users through distributed desalination and fit-for-purpose reuse of nontraditional water sources. This colloquium will highlight recent advances in fundamental science and technology innovation that will help evolve our linear water economy toward a resilient and connected circular water economy.

Speaker: Meagan Mauter, Woods Institute for the Environment

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