Using Nanotechnology to Remove Arsenic from Contaminated Water
Summary posted by Meridian on 2/2/2009
Source: AZoNano.com
Author: n/a
A new product that promises to improve the ability to remove arsenic from drinking water and is seven times more effective than current technologies, may soon be on the market. The United States Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory and Water Technology Group, signed a licensing agreement that allows the commercialization of Nano-Composite Arsenic Sorbent (N-CAS), a technology comprised of high concentrations of arsenic adsorbing nanoparticle metal oxides in a strong composite polymer matrix. N-CAS was designed to be a way for homeowners and municipalities to economically meet the 2006 Environmental Protection Agency's guidelines that reduced the maximum allowable concentration of arsenic in drinking water. According to Troy Tratner, project manager at the Idaho National Laboratory, "[T]his technology will aid millions of Americans and more than 70 million people around the globe who are exposed to dangerous arsenic concentrations in their drinking water." The article can be viewed online at the link below.
The original article may still be available at www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=9673
As tagged by Meridian Institute:
Implications:
Human Enhancement, Economic Competitiveness, Socio-Economic Effects
Nanomaterials:
Metal Nanoparticle
Regions:
North America, South America, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, East and South Asia and the Pacific, Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA)
Stakeholders:
Government, Industry, NGO, Academia, International Institutions, Donors
Water And Sanitation:
Purification, Quality, Sanitation
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