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Today’s Look at Tomorrow’s Technology

According to a recent report, the World Bank said that today, 300 million people live in areas of serious to severe water shortage and 25 years from now, that number could reach upwards of three billion.

Furthermore, as the demand for water supply increases and the available unpolluted water resources are depleted, the option of tapping into what may be considered less-than-desirable water resources continues to be explored.

Over the past few years, an ever-increasing number of water and wastewater treatment facility managers have decided to incorporate membrane-related filtration technology as part of their treatment systems.

As evidence, the value of the membrane market in the U.S. was around $2 billion last year. Average annual growth has been estimated just above 8% in the U.S., which would put the value of the market in the neighborhood of $3 billion by 2008.

As quickly as the need for onsite membrane-related technology has become a preferred method for meeting stringent water and wastewater treatment requirements, the need for more information, both from a technical and application-based standpoint has become necessary, as well.

Water & Wastes Digest has designed this exclusive Membrane Zone in order to address questions you may have in regards to membrane-related issues.

As our Membrane Zone is continually enhanced, we welcome all of your suggestions to keep this information as up-to-date as possible.

Many of you will soon be faced with the option of installing membrane-related technology, and this zone offers one more opportunity to explore what may soon be in your future.

Neda Simeonova, editorial director
nsimeonova@sgcmail.com