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GRAPHENE FILTERS. "University of Manchester researchers have taken another key step toward a seawater filter: they’ve developed one-atom-wide graphene-oxide (GO) capillaries by building multilayer GO membranes (laminates). "Our ultimate goal is to make a filter device that allows a glass of drinkable water made from seawater after a few minutes of hand pumping.” http://lnkd.in/dGmdJee View in LinkedIn

DISTILLATION STILL DRIVES THE MIT TECHNOLOGY. “We have a gas stream that’s in a closed loop and that’s going around, picking up the water at one end in a humidifier and then condensing the water out at the other end in a de-humidifier, and we do it at a fairly low temperature so we don’t have to take the water to boiling point.” http://lnkd.in/dsrDsjX View in LinkedIn

MIT'S GRADIENT COMPANY "is now courting some of the giants in the U.S. gas and oil markets with one promise: they can purify contaminated water for less than it costs to dispose of it ... applications ranging from purification in African and Indian coastal slums, to decontamination of water produced in gas and oil wells. The technology is based on a low energy, carrier gas extraction system." http://lnkd.in/dsrDsjX View in LinkedIn

GRAPHENE FILTERS WITH TITANIUM. "The technology will never be strong enough to completely clean drinking water on its own. Rather, she sees it as a polishing step after traditional water treatment processes to mop up the most insidious pollutants." http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2014/march/high-tech-materials-purify-water-with-sunlight.html View in LinkedIn

TITANIUM SUNLIGHT. "Sunlight plus a common titanium pigment might be the secret recipe for ridding pharmaceuticals, pesticides and other potentially harmful pollutants from drinking water. Scientists combined several high-tech components to make an easy-to-use water purifier ... in a boon for water purification in rural areas or developing countries." http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2014/march/high-tech-materials-purify-water-with-sunlight.html View in LinkedIn

PANASONIC'S SOLAR UNIT. "Modern water purification methods exist that can easily get rid of water contaminants, even salt and bacteria, but some organic toxins and toxic metals, such as arsenic and hexavalent chromium need special processing ... to be removed. Fixed photocatalysts ... can remove these toxins from contaminated water." http://lnkd.in/deQzjfn View in LinkedIn

SHOWER STEAM. "There is another disinfectant that is also of concern. Some local water services use chloramine (chlorine + ammonia) to disinfect the water supply. Chloramine exposure may be even more damaging to the lung epithelium than chlorine, and may release ammonia as another toxic byproduct as well." http://lnkd.in/dfCzHFh View in LinkedIn

DISTILLED WATER PROBLEMS. "The longer one drinks distilled water, the more likely the development of mineral deficiencies and an acid state. I have done well over 3000 mineral evaluations using a combination of blood, urine, and hair tests in my practice. Almost without exception, people who consume distilled water exclusively, eventually develop multiple mineral deficiencies." http://lnkd.in/dNeyTdr View in LinkedIn

SHOWER CHEMISTRY. "Any contaminant in the water that vaporizes at a lower temperature than the water, such as volatile organic compounds, such as disinfection byproducts that are thousands of times as toxic as chlorine, will be condensed and actually concentrated in the finished distilled water." http://lnkd.in/ddR9ruF View in LinkedIn

VAPOR DISTILLATION SPECS. Chemically (organic and inorganic) and biologically pure distiller water is made by vapor compression distillation processes, that meet or exceed regulations on water and out-perform other distillation processes, according to the manufacturer. This report has an impressive spec sheet. http://lnkd.in/dceBd38 View in LinkedIn