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Introduction The European Union's export policies in 2025 reveal a...

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Desalination & Water Technologies : Explore how desalination is transforming access to freshwater in arid regions, and its environmental, technological, and social implications.

China’s Rizhao Breakthrough: Seawater Yields Cheap Fresh Water, Green Hydrogen, and Brine Amid Global Water Crisis

Introduction China's northern provinces grapple with severe water shortages, driving innovation in desalination. The Rizhao facility, operational since late November 2025, marks a milestone by integrating low-grade waste heat (8–38°C) from nearby steel and petrochemical plants with direct seawater electrolysis . Validated by Laoshan Laboratory, it avoids traditional reverse osmosis pitfalls like brine waste and freshwater needs for hydrogen production...

The Antofagasta Wastewater Reuse Plant: Environmental Impacts and Social Implications in Chile’s Water Crisis 2025

Introduction Chile's Antofagasta region, a mining powerhouse in the hyper-arid Atacama Desert, grapples with severe water scarcity intensified by climate change and industrial demands. The mining sector alone accounts for 65% of local water use, consuming about 9 cubic meters per second as of 2020 . Amid this, the Antofagasta Wastewater Reuse Plant, awarded to Sacyr in May 2025, represents...

Are Desalination Startups Revolutionizing Water Scarcity Solutions or Masking Deeper Systemic Failures?

Introduction Global water scarcity is a mounting crisis, with the United Nations warning that by 2025, billions could lack reliable access to clean water. Desalination, the process of removing salt...

Can Desalination Startups Overcome California’s Policy Barriers to Quench the State’s Thirst Amid Escalating Water Scarcity?

Introduction California's water crisis is a stark reality, with megadroughts and climate change straining traditional sources like rivers and groundwater. Agriculture alone consumes about 80% of the state's water, while...

Nanomaterial-Based Desalination: Efficiency, Scalability, and the Mirage of Sustainability

Water scarcity isn't just a distant threat; it's a current crisis affecting billions, intensified by climate change and unequal resource distribution. As of 2025, technologies like nanomaterial-enhanced desalination are...

Desalination Startups: Funding, Innovations, and Environmental Challenges in 2024-2025

Desalination has emerged as a critical response to water scarcity, with over 20,000 plants globally supplying millions. In 2024-2025, startups in this sector secured around $1.12 billion in investments,...

Desalination Brine Discharge: Environmental Impacts and Solutions

Desalination has emerged as a critical response to water scarcity, with over 20,000 plants globally supplying millions. In 2024-2025, startups in this sector secured around $1.12 billion in investments,...

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