Category: Blog posts
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Clean Water Protection in the U.S.A.
In the USA, lakes, streams and wetlands were for a long time protected by the Clean Water Act of 1972. This law required that permits be issued prior to any filling, dredging or expelling pollutants in what are called “navigable waters.” In 2020 this law was replaced by the Navigable Waters Protection Rule. The enforcement…
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The Slow Decline of Reverse Osmosis Systems
The Permeable Predicament: The Deterioration of Reverse Osmosis Systems Revealed In the realm of modern water purification, Reverse Osmosis (RO) has reigned supreme since the 1970s, emerging as a titan of innovation. This process utilises an external pressure to flip nature’s osmotic script, separating pure water from its less pristine counterpart through a semi-permeable membrane.…
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Will the cosmic colonizers of the future drink water?
Did you know that there is no shower on the international space station? Astronauts wash exclusively with wet wipes, even if they spend six months there. This is because water is an incredibly heavy substance that requires a large amount of energy to propel into orbit. But what about drinking water? An average human requires…