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Hafiz Husnain<p>💧 Published! Our article explores how novel nanomaterials are revolutionizing water treatment by efficiently removing contaminants. From heavy metals to emerging pollutants, these materials offer solutions to the global water crisis. 🌎💡<br>🔗 <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91782-7.00002-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-917</span><span class="invisible">82-7.00002-3</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterTreatment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterTreatment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nanomaterials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nanomaterials</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CleanWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanWater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterPurification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPurification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nanotechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nanotechnology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Desalination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desalination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenTech</span></a></p>
Frank<p>Our desalination plant is being fired up again</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/wonthaggi-desal-fired-up-to-ease-dry-conditions/105089636" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/won</span><span class="invisible">thaggi-desal-fired-up-to-ease-dry-conditions/105089636</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Desalination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desalination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Victoria</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Wonthaggi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wonthaggi</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/DesalinationPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DesalinationPlant</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Magazine<p>Cyprus is funding desalination plants for hotels to tackle tourism's water shortage woes.</p><p>Cyprus plans to subsidise the construction of private desalination plants at hotels to ensure the tourism-reliant island nation has enough fresh water to see it through busy summer seasons.</p><p>The government will provide €3 million of funding over the next two years.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250327-cyprus-is-funding-desalination-plants-for-hotels-to-tackle-tourisms-water-shortage-woes?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250327</span><span class="invisible">-cyprus-is-funding-desalination-plants-for-hotels-to-tackle-tourisms-water-shortage-woes?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Cyprus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyprus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Hotels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hotels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tourism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/FreshWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreshWater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Desalination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desalination</span></a></p>
Victor<p>Desalination and water reuse: The EU and Jordan join forces to tackle water scarcity. <a href="https://spore.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Jordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jordan</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/scarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scarcity</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/desalination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desalination</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/03/26/desalination-and-water-reuse-the-eu-and-jordan-join-forces-to-tackle-water-scarcity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/green/2025/03/26/</span><span class="invisible">desalination-and-water-reuse-the-eu-and-jordan-join-forces-to-tackle-water-scarcity</span></a></p>
Victor<p>Desalination and water reuse: The EU and Jordan join forces to tackle water scarcity. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Jordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jordan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scarcity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/desalination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desalination</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/03/26/desalination-and-water-reuse-the-eu-and-jordan-join-forces-to-tackle-water-scarcity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/green/2025/03/26/</span><span class="invisible">desalination-and-water-reuse-the-eu-and-jordan-join-forces-to-tackle-water-scarcity</span></a></p>
andybrwn<p>A new desalination technology is undergoing testing in California - Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-03-21/desalination-tech-tested" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/environment/story/</span><span class="invisible">2025-03-21/desalination-tech-tested</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CAWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CAWater</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Desalination" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Desalination</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> cuts off <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> supply to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>, affecting a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/desalination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desalination</span></a> plant producing drinking water</p><p>By MELANIE LIDMAN and SAMY MAGDY<br>Updated 5:09 PM EDT, March 9, 2025</p><p>TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — "Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza, officials said Sunday, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water for part of the arid territory. Hamas called it part of Israel’s '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StarvationPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarvationPolicy</span></a>.'</p><p>"Israel last week suspended supplies of goods to the territory of more than 2 million <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a>, an echo of the siege it imposed in the earliest days of the war.</p><p>"Israel is pressing the militant group to accept an extension of the first phase of their ceasefire. That phase ended last weekend. Israel wants <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> to release half of the remaining hostages in return for a promise to negotiate a lasting truce.</p><p>"Hamas instead wants to start negotiations on the ceasefire’s more difficult second phase, which would see the release of remaining hostages from Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli forces and a lasting peace. Hamas is believed to have 24 living hostages and the bodies of 35 others.</p><p>"The militant group — which has warned that discontinuing supplies would affect the hostages — said Sunday that it wrapped up the latest round of ceasefire talks with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Egyptian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egyptian</span></a> mediators without changes to its position." </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-palestinians-war-news-ba90f0de3d4f64a1762d1a39f787817f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/gaza-israel</span><span class="invisible">-palestinians-war-news-ba90f0de3d4f64a1762d1a39f787817f</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsViolations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsViolations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalestianRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalestianRightsAreHumanRights</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p>Turnings billion dollar problem of not addressing climate change into a trillion dollar equity problem: But <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/desalination" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>desalination</span></a> is also the most expensive type of water to produce. The San Diego County Water Authority pays $3,400 an acre-foot for the Carlsbad water — more than double the cost of water it imports from other sources…
By comparison, the Santa Clara Valley Water District pays about $400 an acre-foot to the federal and state government for water it draws from the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Delta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Delta</span></a>. However, that <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>water</span></a> is not as reliable during droughts.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/StopDeterioratingCarbonSinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StopDeterioratingCarbonSinks</span></a> </p><p>Desalination plant proposed for San Francisco Bay <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/07/23/desalination-plant-proposed-for-san-francisco-bay/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mercurynews.com/2024/07/23/des</span><span class="invisible">alination-plant-proposed-for-san-francisco-bay/</span></a></p>
morgandawn<p>Gravity fed, no electricity, harnesses passive solar to distill, converts salt water into drinkable water, 5 liters (1.3 gallons) every hour</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>solar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/desalination" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>desalination</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/30/2196209/-Ingenious-solar-distiller-makes-fresh-water-from-seawater-for-less-than-1-a-gallon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/30</span><span class="invisible">/2196209/-Ingenious-solar-distiller-makes-fresh-water-from-seawater-for-less-than-1-a-gallon</span></a></p>