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Pioneering Affordable Desalination

We're making clean water accessible at any scale.

The Challenge

  • 40% projected deficit in global freshwater supply vs demand by 2030 

  • $60 trillion of global GDP (60%) depends on water access

  • Current desalination methods are energy-intensive and costly

  • Current approach to desalination involves large scale, expensive government contracts

Our Approach

  • Focused on non-potable, industrial water

  • Low-pressure electrical desalination technology

  • Tunable solution for different water sources and quality needs

  • Simple, modular design for scalability

  • Dramatically lower operating costs than conventional methods

An Untapped Resource

  • The US has 800 trillion gallons of brackish water 

  • Brackish water contains salt levels between freshwater and seawater

  • Current desalination methods are designed with seawater in mind, and too expensive to make brackish water viable

  • Our technology is specifically optimized for brackish water treatment

Agriculture

  • Convert brackish groundwater into irrigation water

  • Combat increasing salinity

  • Adjust water quality per crop needs

  • Scalable from small farms to large operations

  • Low cost

Manufacturing

  • Custom water quality for different processes

  • Reduce reliance on municipal supply

  • Lower pressure operation == lower maintenance costs

  • Flexible installation to match facility layout​

Computing

  • Critical water needs for cooling operations

  • Lower carbon footprint through reduced energy usage

  • Modular design enables easy scaling with facility growth

  • Water can be purified to ultra pure levels for chip fabs

Three Waves of Desalination

  • First Wave: Thermal Desalination - The original approach of simply boiling saltwater, requiring large amounts of energy but proving desalination was possible

  • Second Wave: Reverse Osmosis - Current industry standard pushing water through membranes at 1,000 psi, which halved energy use but is over engineered for non-potable use

  • Third Wave: Our CDI Technology - Low-pressure electrical desalination that's simple and tunable, allowing us to match water quality to customer needs while significantly reducing energy costs

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Progress & Focus

Salinity Reduction per Cycle per Cell

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  • Q1 goal = 1g/l removal with one cell

  • Focus on novel cell geometry

  • Use knowledge of other industries and engineering philosophy from Tesla 

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  1. Question the requirements

  2. Delete

  3. Simplify

  4. Accelerate

  5. Automate

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