Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

CentralMass

(16,916 posts)

32. MIT and Livermore labs have been doing research on graphene membranes that strip sodium atoms from

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2014, 09:54 PM

Sep 2014

water forced through them. The benefit of this type of membrane over traditional reverse osmosis membranes is that they will operate with much lower water pressure making operating costs for desalination plants on par with a normal fresh water treatment plants. If they can develop a reliable manufacturing process for the membranes this could be big.

A link to a related article.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/biomedical/devices/nanoporus-graphene-takes-another-step-toward-filtration-applications

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

40 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Not One Drop: How Long Will California Survive Life Without Water? [View all] cali Sep 2014 OP

The answer is that it won't, not as we know it Spider Jerusalem Sep 2014 #1

+1 My job takes me to Vegas a couple times a year. SomethingFishy Sep 2014 #11

That kid's name was Moe Greene BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #15

Only in the movies. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #17

Really? BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #21

Yes, really... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #22

Man, I thought the Godfather was a documentary BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #23

Okay, I apologize... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #25

No worries BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #27

Yeah, I have references that I can't resist.. awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #28

Financed by investments from the Teamster Pension Fund. former9thward Sep 2014 #18

i'm in phoenix and i feel the same way. it's not as bad DesertFlower Sep 2014 #30

As a kid I remember the orange groves around Tulare newfie11 Sep 2014 #2

My mother's family was from Terra Bella. mnhtnbb Sep 2014 #39

It's a price problem FreeJoe Sep 2014 #3

We do GummyBearz Sep 2014 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #14

And then you will be complaining when food prices go through the roof. former9thward Sep 2014 #19

Off the west coast there is an ocean nationalize the fed Sep 2014 #5

it's energetically very very expensive phantom power Sep 2014 #6

In 2005 California used 45 billion gallons of fresh water per day. phantom power Sep 2014 #7

I wonder what the wattage of their freshwater consumption is phantom power Sep 2014 #8

But we only need desalinated water for drinking right? OnionPatch Sep 2014 #10

In my opinion, millions of southwest climate refugees is completely plausible. phantom power Sep 2014 #12

Trillions for bombing and invading lands 8,000 miles away nationalize the fed Sep 2014 #35

I'm not talking about use per person, I'm talking about total use. phantom power Sep 2014 #37

Can California afford it Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #29

Can the US afford the trillions spent bombing and invading the ME? nationalize the fed Sep 2014 #36

Forget it Jake flying rabbit Sep 2014 #9

Some rich people are shipping water from out of town with water trucks jakeXT Sep 2014 #13

People talking about brown lawns but also about pools. Kaleva Sep 2014 #16

Filling it is the worst part jakeXT Sep 2014 #34

That's another thing... Spider Jerusalem Sep 2014 #38

Painting lawns green isn't new Aerows Sep 2014 #26

Sherwood Nation - a novel OxQQme Sep 2014 #20

It's only going to get worse for the entire country, jen63 Sep 2014 #24

Sounds like there's a Fifth Horse. WinkyDink Sep 2014 #31

MIT and Livermore labs have been doing research on graphene membranes that strip sodium atoms from CentralMass Sep 2014 #32

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #33

Where's Hatfield the rainmaker? Trillo Sep 2014 #40