NAWI-funded research compared the performance of antiscalants to an alternating, current-induced electromagnetic field (EMF) as an alternative pretreatment method to reverse osmosis. The research, published in the journal Water, demonstrated the synergistic effects of using an EMF in combination with antiscalants and could lead to lower pretreatment costs.
NAWI-supported research was featured on the cover of the June 2023 issue of the journal Nature Water. In a paper titled ‘Electrodialytic crystallization to enable zero liquid discharge’, the researchers describe a novel brine treatment technology called electrodialytic crystallization as a new process to achieve brine crystallization without evaporation.
NAWI’s master roadmap synthesizes the highest priority research needs for state-of-the-art technologies, emerging technologies, and existing uses of desalination and advanced water technologies across five major water user categories in the United States.
These roadmaps outline and assess the role of the five end-use sectors that are critical to the U.S. economy for further exploration, collectively known as PRIMA: Power, Resource Extraction, Industry, Municipal, and Agriculture.
