Posts tagged: Desalination

A cheaper way to turn salt water into fresh water?

According to Reuters news service, defense contractor Lockheed Martin has developed a filter that will hugely reduce the amount of energy necessary to turn sea water into fresh water. The filter, which is five hundred times thinner then others currently available, lets water pass through but blocks all salt molecules. It will use almost 100 times less [...]

Sunday March 17th, 2013 in , | No Comments »

Water News

Authority Seals Water Deal With Pickens By Kevin Welch    Amarillo Globe-News    Dec. 29, 2011 The largest water transaction in Texas Panhandle history became final Thursday. The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority paid wealthy oil and gas man T. Boone Pickens’ Mesa Water $103 million for about 211,000 acres of water rights. The deal covers about [...]

Monday February 13th, 2012 in , , , , | No Comments »