Israel, Germany Launch Water Research Project

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology have launched a joint water research project to find ways of reducing fouling and scaling in membranes.

The €1.5m ($1.9m) research project will try to find a solution for fouling problems by conducting scientific tests in a laboratory environment and in a water treatment plant in Be’er Sheva, Israel.

The organic and colloidal substances in wastewater often aggravate membrane fouling in multiple integrated membrane systems used in water treatment plants.

Researchers will try to optimise membrane systems to make water treatment more efficient, according to waterworld.com.