“Making a bet on climate change, the university’s $39 billion endowment has been snapping up farmland and the related rights. In a warming planet, few resources will be as strained as water. ‘It was surprising, the prices they were willing to pay.’” | learn more
A kingdom from dust
Get ready for a very long read about Stewart Resnick and his water-guzzling empire (Wonderful Pistachios, Halos, POM, and FIJI). He is, “the biggest farmer in the United States, a fact he has tried to keep hidden while he has shaped what we eat, transformed California’s landscape, and ruled entire towns.” | learn more
Graphene filter makes Sydney Harbour water drinkable.
“Now scientists have demonstrated how effective a specially-designed form of graphene can be at purifying water with a pretty challenging test: the filter made water from Sydney Harbour safe to drink in one step.” | learn more
Hydropanels suck water from desert air.
Ryan Bradley from WIRED went out into the desert with a panel from NBD Nanotechnologies that extracts water from thin air. | learn more
Graphene filter makes Sydney Harbour water drinkable.
“Now scientists have demonstrated how effective a specially-designed form of graphene can be at purifying water with a pretty challenging test: the filter made water from Sydney Harbour safe to drink in one step.” | learn more
Hydropanels suck water from desert air.
Ryan Bradley from WIRED went out into the desert with a panel from NBD Nanotechnologies that extracts water from thin air. | learn more
Cape Town could become the first major city to run out of water in three months.
Well, this looks bad. | learn more
Chicago and Israel partner on clean water technology.
It’s been a long time since I’ve talked about water. Well, let’s dive right back in. Being next to an abundant source of drinking water puts Chicago at a disadvantage for developing water technology. Israel is in the opposite position. This new partnership may help us gain some valuable expertise in the sector. | learn more
Chicago splashes into water innovation business.
Want to be in the water business? Maybe Chicago isn’t the best place to start. Since we have an abundant supply of water in Lake Michigan, Chicagoans really don’t think twice about using too much. These two projects aren’t letting that slow them down, as they work toward innovation in water technology and infrastructure. | learn more
Drinking water from the sea.
Water is essential to our survival, and it covers much of the earth. The only pesky issue is that most of that water is saltwater. Naturally, desalinization is a big deal. Unfortunately it’s still very expensive process, so water scarcity continues to be an issue in much of the world. A new graphene-based technology might enable rapid production of membranes to filter salt out of seawater. | learn more