Access to safe drinking water is one of the great challenges of modern times, to which there is no definitive answer. Freshwater sources are declining at an alarmingly fast rate. Demand is outstripping supply, which means the global population could be faced with a grave shortage of drinking water very soon. With climate change accelerating the depletion of our freshwater reserves, the need for new sources is clear.

If you (or your students or colleagues) need to know what’s happening in the membrane microfiltration market, today’s blog will be helpful.

Graphene-oxide membranes have attracted considerable attention as promising candidates for new water treatment technologies. Graphene-oxide membranes have already demonstrated the potential of filtering out small nanoparticles, organic molecules, and even large salts. But, they couldn’t be used for sieving common salts used in desalination technologies, which require even smaller sieves.

Last August, an ocean-going laker set precedent as it entered the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor, which is located on Lake Michigan. The Federal Caribou is equipped with a ballast water treatment system (BWTS), a first for ships transiting the Great Lakes.

A start-up company’s trio of founders is hoping its innovative desalination technology will help coastal communities around the world meet the dire need for drinking water, including in their home state of North Carolina.

The carbon capture segment of the global membrane technology market records another entry into its fold. Whitefox Technologies announced last month it plans to enter the carbon capture and storage sector (CSS), with plans to build a demonstration unit, according to Madeleine Cuff.

Last month’s UK-India Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) deepened trade and economic ties between Britain and India’s infrastructure and financial services sectors. This year’s EFD, the eight round of their annual dialogue, aimed to boost mutual trade and investment between the two countries.