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The role of nanotechnology in industrial water treatment

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High-quality water is essential for most industrial processes, and many of these processes generate large volumes of contaminated wastewater. Nanotechnology has the potential to make industrial water treatment more efficient and less expensive, though promising technologies must be demonstrated at higher scales to make a real impact.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    David Jassby

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA

    Tzahi Y. Cath

  3. Veolia Water Technologies, Cary, NC, USA

    Herve Buisson

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Jassby, D., Cath, T.Y. & Buisson, H. The role of nanotechnology in industrial water treatment. Nature Nanotech 13, 670–672 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0234-8

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