Tag: Desalting

Desalination, or desalting, refers to processes that remove salts and minerals from saline water to produce fresh water suitable for human consumption or irrigation. As supplies of fresh water across the globe grow scarce while demand continues rising, desalination technologies have become increasingly critical for providing populations with adequate water. Desalting technologies can be separated […]

From the gas pump to the synthetic fertilizers that help feed the world, petroleum products facilitate almost every aspect of modern life. But this ubiquitous fossil fuel comes with an overlooked and mounting environmental toll – for every barrel of crude oil extracted, an astounding 10 barrels of salty, contaminated wastewater called “produced water” surfaces […]