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Collaborative Research: ECO-CBET: Solar-Driven Zero Liquid Discharge to Enable Inland Desa — NSF Award to William Marsh Rice Unive

2420676 (Tong) and 2420677 (Lin). Climate change is threatening water sustainability by causing more droughts and limiting water access to people around the world. For example, the Western United States has suffered from severe droughts and heat waves, and the Colorado River has recently experienced record low water le

Award titleCollaborative Research: ECO-CBET: Solar-Driven Zero Liquid Discharge to Enable Inland Desa
Award ID2613069
AwardeeWilliam Marsh Rice University
CityHOUSTON
StateTX
Amount obligated$405,713
Principal investigatorShihong Lin
ProgramECO-CBET
Start date01/01/2026
Abstract2420676 (Tong) and 2420677 (Lin). Climate change is threatening water sustainability by causing more droughts and limiting water access to people around the world. For example, the Western United States has suffered from severe droughts and heat waves, and the Colorado River has recently experienced record low water levels. Brackish water desalination (BWD) is a promising approach to produce more freshwater, but it is inhibited by the lack of effective strategies for brine management. The goal o
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