Desal Supplies owners Stephen Grindrod and Daniel Shackleton visited Tarragona in Spain where the new Dow Water & Process Solutions research facility has recently been opened with the aim of accelerating the commercialisation of   technologies to produce clean water.

The Development Centre was funded through a US $15 million Dow investment, along with grant subsidies from Spain’s Ministry of Science and Innovation for research programs in the area.

     1.     Improving the quality of desalinated water

     2.     Minimizing costs and reducing energy consumption per cubic

             metre

     3.     Extending the useful life of membranes, which is a long term cost

             for desalination plants

     4.     Increasing efficiency of materials

Further information can be found using the following link:

http://www.dowwaterandprocess.com/news_events/news/2011/20110613a.htm