Water reuse in the US – membranes have it covered
- From: Vol 5, Issue 5 (May 2004)
- Category: General
- Region: Americas
- Country: United States
- Related Companies: Hydranautics, Koch Membrane Systems, Memcor, Ondeo/Suez, Pall Corp, US Filter and Zenon Environmental
Larry Chertoff investigates one of the fastest-growing sectors of the US water industry.
The United States is, by far, the largest consumer of desalinating systems – reverse osmosis and accompanying membrane filtration equipment – yet it trails Saudi Arabia, China, Spain and a host of other countries in seawater desalination.
In fact, the US spends more than $900 million a year on RO equipment, almost three times more than the runner-up Saudi Arabia, which leads ...
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