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This working group is focused on discussions about water.

The mission of this working group is to focus on discussions about water.

Members

Kathy Gilbeaux mdmcdonald MDMcDonald_me_com

Email address for group

water_guinea@m.resiliencesystem.org

UB Startup Uses Sunshine to Clean Dirty Water for Disasters, Poor Nations

           

Solar still in water. QIAOQIANG GAN, SUNY BUFFALO

buffalonews.com - by T.J. Pignataro  - October 15, 2017

Distilling water using the sun’s rays . . . a University at Buffalo startup has found a quick way to do it . . . and it could transform how potable water gets to people in developing countries or in areas stricken by natural disasters like earthquakes or hurricanes.

The university’s Sunny Clean Water startup said its method is nearly three times as fast as the industry standard . . . 

. . . The process uses a floating solar still and a specially-engineered carbon-based cloth to capture, desalinate and purify as much as a liter of water every three hours in a prototype developed by UB associate professor of electrical engineering Qiaoqiang Gan, Singer and other university electrical engineering students.

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