Water, Water, Everywhere: Advancing water security through improving water quality
Summary A wide range of technologies focused on improving water quality help Indo-Pacific individuals and communities cope with some of the water-related regional stressors - climate disruption, population growth, pollution, etc. The majority of the region’s population relies on contaminated water for domestic, agricultural, and industrial uses. Approaches involving filtration, heat, chemical treatment, and/or evaporation and re-condensation are available (individually or in combination) to remove particulate, chemical, or microbial pollutants. The choice of which approach to use when and where depends on the particular contaminant(s) to be removed, the use for the cleaned water, and factors such as energy and monetary [...]
