Israeli-U.S. Wastewater Filter Bars Contaminants from Municipal Water Supplies

(Times of Israel) Shoshanna Solomon - Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed new ultrafiltration membranes that significantly improve the process of removing viruses from treated municipal wastewater used for drinking. A special hydrogel coating grafted onto a commercial ultrafiltration membrane repels viruses and does not allow them to approach or pass through the membrane.


2017-04-21 00:00:00

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