With Automated Treatment, Affordable Water from Nontraditional Sources Can Flow to Underserved Communities

Polsky points out that water treatment is both an energy-intensive process and an energy necessity. Clean water heats and cools today’s power plants and industrial processes. “As we proceed through our energy transition, water treatment is also likely to be critical for energy applications of the future,” such as producing green hydrogen for industry, transportation or long-term energy storage, he said.