Membrane Technology: Future of Water Reclamation

摘要

Water, essential to life, is drying up in many parts of the world. The United Nations' report on world water resource in 2006 has shown that more than 10 billion of the world's population lack enough safe water to support basic needs and 40% of the people have no access to basic hygiene infrastructure. An urgent need thus exists to look into tapping water from non-traditional sources to supplement limited freshwater. Progress in water reclamation technology has made the production of high-quality water from such sources possible. Because membranes plays a key role in water reclamation, ensuring the advancement of the technology and the expansion of new applications in water reclamation require further research and development efforts.