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The following report presents the technological landscape in the water purification market. The report uses financial deals and patent data to identify major technologies in water purification. In this process, major companies, startups and universities in each technology in water purification are also identified. Some companies have been profiled for their financials and their work in water purification market. Some of the research going on in major universities in the field of water purification has also been detailed out. <br>=Objective of the Report=The objective of the report is to* identify major technologies in water purification market using financial market activities* understand the investment landscape in water purification* identify major companies, start-ups and university research in the Nanofiltration segment of water purification <br> =Research Methodology=The methodology followed to achieve the above listed objectives is given below: [[Image:methodology - tech scouting.png|center]] <br> =Scope of the Report=The report covers financial market activity only in the last 3 years (2009-2012) <br> =Introductionto Water Purification=
Water purification is the process of removing contaminants from surface water or groundwater to make it fit for specific purposes. The contaminants may be particulate matter, dissolved minerals or microorganisms. Technologies commonly employed to purify water are distillation, ion exchange, adsorption, filtration, membrane filtration, ultraviolet (UV) radiation or a combination of more than one of these.
The technologies most applied currently are membrane filtration and UV radiation. Nanotechnology is significantly advancing water purification technologies, especially in membrane processes.
''Note: Please note that the classification is only an indicative of the water purification market. It is not an exhaustive classification of water purification techniques.''
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<br>===Post Filtration(by process)===The technical classification for filtration techniques by process-type is as follows:
[[Image:filtration by process.png|center]] <br>Source: [http://www.epo.org/index.html European Patent Office] <br> ==Filtration (by medium)==The technical classification for filtration techniques by medium is as follows: [[Image:filtration by medium.png|center]] <br>Source: [http://www.epo.org/index.html European Patent Office] <br> ==Post Filtration==The technical classification for post-filtration techniques is as follows: [[Image:post filtration.png|center]] <br>Source: [http://www.epo.org/index.html European Patent Office] <br> '''From here on, the report will focus only on Filtration techniques.''' <br> =Financial Landscape Snapshot=The following dashboard illustrates the Investment Landscape in various technologies of Water Purification:{|align="center"|<gflash>964 576 http://dolcera.com/upload/files/Investment_Dashboard_v2.swf</gflash>|-|}Source: [http://www.cleantech.com/ Cleantech]<br> =Detailed Technology-wise Financial Activities=This section details out the financial activities in the last 2 years in the water purification market. <br>==Membrane Separation==This section details out the financial activities in the last 2 years in the membrane separation segment. <br>===Venture Capital Investments===The following table shows the venture capital investment activity in detail for membrane separation.
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<br> ===IrradiationJoint Ventures, Licensing and IPO===The following table shows the joint venture, licensing and IPO activity in detail for membrane separation. {|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%" align="center"|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Company'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Technology focus'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Technology'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Deal type'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Funder/Company'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Funding Amount'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Geography'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Other Details'''</font>|-|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Tianjin MOTIMO Membrane Technology Co., Ltd|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Tianjin MOTIMO Membrane Technology Co., Ltd. is a manufacture of membrane module and equipment. The company provides hollow fiber membrane module, technical guidance and the after-sale service.The company<nowiki>’</nowiki>s products include column hollow fiber, FP membrane module, SMF membrane module, and drinking water purification device|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Membrane technology, Microfiltration, Ultrafiltration|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|IPO|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|NA|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|$77.19 million|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|China|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|NA|-|Eureka Forbes, Ltd.|Eureka Forbes, Ltd. is a manufacturer of water purification systems, vacuum cleaners, and air purifiers. The company also offers security solutions, including home security systems, intrusion alarm systems, access control systems, fire alarm systems, and surveillance systems. In addition, it offers industrial solutions, such as industrial water purifiers, commercial and industrial vacuum cleaners, hard floor cleaning and maintenance machines, high pressure cleaners, and cleaning and hygiene products|E-boiling, UV filtration, Reverse Osmosis, Ultra Filtration, SMP technologies, Chemical purification based on iodinated resin|Partnership & licensing|Water Security Corporation, Inc|NA|India|Eureka Forbes, Ltd. has entered into a partnership and licensing agreement with Water Security Corporation, Inc. (WSC), to launch a low-cost water purification system called Aquasure Galaxy, based on WSC<nowiki>’</nowiki>s technology originally developed to be used by NASA in space, which is certified by the US EPA (Environment Protection Agency). <br><br>Water Security Corporation, Inc. (WAC) is a provider of water purifying technology that kills disease causing germs and provides drinking water at the point-of-use including homes, medical centers, schools, offices, and rural villages. The company licenses its purification technology to companies that manufacture and market consumer water purification products, portable water purifiers, and other point-of-use and point-of-entry water purification products. Additionally, WSC manufactures and sells rural village water purification systems through regional distributors.|-|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Clean TeQ Holdings Limited|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|developing, commercializing and selling air purification, metal recovery and water purification technologies|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Continuous ion exchange, Membrane processes|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Partnership (Joint Venture)|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Nippon Gas Co., Ltd|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Nippon Gas will invest AUD4 million ($4.29 million) in the joint venture to hold 50% stake and Clean TeQ will provide an exclusive license to use its proprietary CIF(TM) technology in this industry in Australia|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Australia|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Clean TeQ Holdings Limited has formed a joint venture with Nippon Gas Co., Ltd., to provide water desalination facilities and services in the Australian coal seam gas industry. The joint venture is named as Associated Water Pty., Ltd.|-|ItN Nanovation AG|nanotechnology company that manufactures and markets ceramic products|Nanotechnology|Partnership (Joint Venture)|E.A. Juffali & Brothers|NA|Saudi Arabia|The products of the joint venture will be used in the area of prefiltration for reverse osmosis for the treatment of drinking water. <br><br>The joint venture will improve market access for ItN Nanovation, thereby allowing it to better address a region that is one of the core markets for the treatment of drinking water using ceramic flat membranes.<br><br>The joint venture also marks another milestone for ItN Nanovation by allowing the mass production of CFM systems as well as representing a further proof of concept of the performance and industrial applications of ItN technology in cooperation with external international partners.|-|}<br clear="all"> <br> ==Irradiation==This section details out the financial activities in the last 2 years in the irradiation segment. <br>===Venture Capital Investments====The following table shows the venture capital investment activity in detail for irradiation.
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<br>===Ion ExchangeJoint Ventures, Licensing and IPO===The following table shows the joint venture, licensing and IPO activity in detail for irradiation. {|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%" align="center"|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Company'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Technology focus'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Technology'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Deal type'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Funder/Company'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Funding Amount'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Geography'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Other Details'''</font>|-|Eureka Forbes, Ltd.|Eureka Forbes, Ltd. is a manufacturer of water purification systems, vacuum cleaners, and air purifiers. The company also offers security solutions, including home security systems, intrusion alarm systems, access control systems, fire alarm systems, and surveillance systems. In addition, it offers industrial solutions, such as industrial water purifiers, commercial and industrial vacuum cleaners, hard floor cleaning and maintenance machines, high pressure cleaners, and cleaning and hygiene products|E-boiling, UV filtration, Reverse Osmosis, Ultra Filtration, SMP technologies, Chemical purification based on iodinated resin|Partnership & licensing|Water Security Corporation, Inc|NA|India|Eureka Forbes, Ltd. has entered into a partnership and licensing agreement with Water Security Corporation, Inc. (WSC), to launch a low-cost water purification system called Aquasure Galaxy, based on WSC<nowiki>’</nowiki>s technology originally developed to be used by NASA in space, which is certified by the US EPA (Environment Protection Agency). <br><br>Water Security Corporation, Inc. (WAC) is a provider of water purifying technology that kills disease causing germs and provides drinking water at the point-of-use including homes, medical centers, schools, offices, and rural villages. The company licenses its purification technology to companies that manufacture and market consumer water purification products, portable water purifiers, and other point-of-use and point-of-entry water purification products. Additionally, WSC manufactures and sells rural village water purification systems through regional distributors.|-|}<br clear="all"> <br> ==Ion Exchange==This section details out the financial activities in the last 2 years in the ion exchange segment. <br>===Venture Capital Investments====The following table shows the venture capital investment activity in detail for ion exchange.
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<br> ===Joint Ventures, Licensing and IPO===The following table shows the joint venture, licensing and IPO activity in detail for ion exchange. {|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%" align="center"|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Company'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Technology focus'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Technology'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Deal type'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Funder/Company'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Funding Amount'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Geography'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Other Details'''</font>|-|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Clean TeQ Holdings Limited|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|developing, commercializing and selling air purification, metal recovery and water purification technologies|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Continuous ion exchange, Membrane processes|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Partnership (Joint Venture)|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Nippon Gas Co., Ltd|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Nippon Gas will invest AUD4 million ($4.29 million) in the joint venture to hold 50% stake and Clean TeQ will provide an exclusive license to use its proprietary CIF(TM) technology in this industry in Australia|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Australia|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Clean TeQ Holdings Limited has formed a joint venture with Nippon Gas Co., Ltd., to provide water desalination facilities and services in the Australian coal seam gas industry. The joint venture is named as Associated Water Pty., Ltd.|-|Global Ecology Corporation|Global Ecology is a US-based company engaged in the development, production and marketing of advanced technologies that focuses on water purification systems, restoration of bodies of water and the decontamination of waste to create high grade soil additives|Ion exchange|Partnership (Joint Venture)|Esoft Informatics, Pvt., Ltd|NA|India|Esoft Informatics Private Limited is a software company that provides business intelligence and information technology solutions. Its technology services include enterprise-wide solutions and implementation, database management services- back office, internet andintranet, BPO and KPO, e-commerce solutions, software development, application development, and systems integration|-|}<br clear="all"> <br> ==Distillation or Evaporation====This section details out the financial activities in the last 2 years in the distillation or evaporation segment. <br>===Venture Capital Investments====The following table shows the venture capital investment activity in detail for distillation or evaporation.
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<br> ===Filtration Joint Ventures, Licensing and IPO===The following table shows the joint venture, licensing and IPO activity in detail for filtration by Microbesmetal. {|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%" align="center"|bgcolor ="#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Company'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Technology focus'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Technology'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Deal type'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Funder/Company'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Funding Amount'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Geography'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Other Details'''</font>|-|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|FSI Energy Services, Inc|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|FSI Energy Services, Inc (Formerly known as Baden Technologies Inc.) manufactures, markets and installs filtration and filtration-related products. The company<nowiki>’</nowiki>s product line include filter vessels and filter media, salt brine blending plants, chemical blending plants, polymer blending plants, water injection packages, carbon absorbing vessels, mole drill cuttings cleaning systems, and aquashield water removal filters.|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Electrocoagulation, carbon absorbing vessels|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Partnership (Joint Venture)|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Powell Water (Canada), Inc.|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|NA|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Canada|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|FSI-Powell Water, Inc. is a joint venture company between FSI Energy Services, Inc. and Powell Water (Canada), Inc. The company provides comprehensive design, manufacturing, sales and service for state-of-the-art produced-water treatment<br><br>FSI-Powell will combine FSI<nowiki>’</nowiki>s filtration and purification expertise with Powell Water<nowiki>’</nowiki>s technologies that will enable the JV to provide SAGD clients with efficient and cost- effective purification of their produced water.|-|Latitude Solutions, Inc|Latitude Solutions, Inc. is a holding company. The company, through its subsidiaries, offers products, processes and solutions for contaminated water applications; wireless telemetry/live video streaming security products to mobile assets and people; and marketing capabilities for both government and commercial sectors.|Electro Precipitation, Coalescing Oil & Polishing|Partnership (Licensing Agreement)|Separatech Canada, Inc.|NA|Canada|Separatech Canada, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes the COP-System, a proprietary brand of oily water separator used in oil and gas, groundwater remediation, industrial wastewater, shipping bilge water and oil spills industries|-|}<br clear="all"> <br> ==Filtration by Microbes==This section details out the financial activities in the last 2 years in the filtration by microbes segment. <br>===Mergers and Acquisitions====The following table shows the venture capital investment activity in detail for filtration by microbes.
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The following table shows the joint venture, licensing and IPO activity in detail for filtration by microbes.
{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%" align="center"|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Company'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Technology focus'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Technology'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Deal type'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Funder/Company'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Funding Amount'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Geography'''</font>|bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|<font color="#FFFFFF">'''Other Details'''</font>|-|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Ecosphere Technologies, Inc.|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Ecosphere Energy Services, LLC is a provider of proprietary water purification and management services to the energy industry. The company manufactures water purification and management units, using Ozonix(TM) technology.|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Advanced Oxidation Technology which uses Ozone, Hydrodynamic Cavitation, Acoustic Cavitation, and Electro-Oxidation|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Partnership (Licensing Agreement)|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Hydrozonix, LLC|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|$44 million|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|United States|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. and its majority owned subsidiary Ecosphere Energy Services, LLC, have signed an exclusive technology licensing agreement with Hydrozonix, LLC to deploy its patented Ecosphere Ozonix technology in the US oil and gas exploration and production industry<br><br>Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. is a provider of water filtration expertise, water recycling technologies, and services to energy companies. The company develops clean technological applications and solutions to the industrial waste market.|-|}<br clear="all"> <br> =Nanotechnology in Water Purification=This section lays out the landscape of nanofiltration technology segment of water purification in detail covering the market information, major players, company profiles of start-up companies and university research going on in the nanofiltration for water purification. <br>==Market Size ==
* The global market for nanotechnology products used in water treatment was worth an estimated $1.4 billion in 2010
* The market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.7% during the next 5 years to reach a value of $2.2 billion in 2015.
Source: [http://bccresearch.blogspot.in/2011/05/global-market-for-nanotechnology.html BCC Research]
<br> ==Major Companies=====Top Patent Holders in Nanofiltration for Water Purification=== The following chart shows the major companies in the Nanofiltration technology by the number of patents they hold in this segment. [[Image:top patent holders in Nanofiltration chart.png|center|thumb|817px]] <br> ===Other Companies===The following table contains a list of other companies in the field of nanofiltration in water purification: {|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%" align="center"|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|3m Corp|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Halox Technologies|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Osmoflo Pty Ltd|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Surrey Aqua Technology Limited|-|Akzo Nobel Nv|Hollingsworth & Vose Gmbh|Paragon Water Systems|Tata Chemicals Ltd|-|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Aquasource|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Honeywell International Inc|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Prominent Dosiertechnik Gmbh|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Technion Research And Development Foundation Ltd.|-|Cognis Deutschland Gmbh & Co Kg|Inframat Corp|Saati|The Dow Chemical Company|-|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Creative Micro Tech|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|International Business Machines Corp|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Saline Water Conversion Corporation|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|The Purolite Company|-|Donaldson Co Inc|Itn Nanovation Ag|Samsung|Veolia Environnement|-|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Dual Vortex Microfiltration|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Metso Oy|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Sgl Group|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Veolia Group|-|Ecolochem|Millipore Corporation|Solvay Sa|Zenon Environmental Inc|-|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Fleetguard|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Mitsubishi Corporation|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"|Stichting Wetsus Centre Of Excellence For Sustainable Water Technology|bgcolor = "#DCE6F1"| |-|Hager Elsaesser|Norit Proces Technologie Holding Bv|Sumitomo Group| |-|}<br clear="all"> <br> ==Startups==This section profiles some of the start-up companies in the nanofiltration segment of water purification.===List of Startups===The following startups are present in the field of nanofiltration for water purification: * NanoH20* Puralytics* Porogen Corp* Seldon Technologies Inc. * Entegris Inc* EconoPure Water Systems* Aquaporin Aps* Proacqua Group S.r.l.* Kinetico Incorporated* KX Technologies* Surrey Aquatechnology Ltd* Vestergaard Frandsen Sa* Cnanoz Inc* Yakima Filters* Liquid Asset Development Llc* X Flow B.v. <br> ===Company Profiles===<br>====NanoH2O====
NanoH2O, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets reverse osmosis (RO) membranes that lower the cost of desalination. Based on breakthrough nanostructured materials and industry-proven polymer technology, licensed original TFN technology from University of California, Los Angeles, NanoH2O<nowiki>’</nowiki>s QuantumFlux membranes dramatically improve desalination energy efficiency and productivity. QuantumFlux seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) membranes, Standard 61 certified by NSF International for the production of drinking water, deliver the highest flux and the highest salt rejection of any SWRO membrane on the market. QuantumFlux membranes are available in standard 8-inch (20 cm) diameter elements that fit easily into new and existing desalination plants, purifying water from a broad range of sources with improved productivity and water quality. NanoH2O is the 2011 Aquatech Innovation Award Winner in the Water Supply category. Quantum Flux membranes are installed in over 50 commercial sites across six continents, representing over 80,000 m3 per day (21 million gallons per day) in cumulative capacity.
The startup has developed its technology based on research from the University of California at Los Angeles. Its formula adds a nanomaterial to a conventional polymer membrane for desalination in order to alter its structure and make it easier for the water to pass through while it blocks out salt and other minerals. The water is potable afterward, but utilities sometimes add back some of the minerals that are filtered out before delivering the water to homes and businesses.
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Source: [http://www.crunchbase.com/company/nanoh2o CrunchBase], PrivCo
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====Puralytics====
Founded in 2007, Puralytics has developed a cost efficient water purification system for distributed use. The company<nowiki>’</nowiki>s products, enabled by advances in semiconductors, optics, and nanotechnology, use natural or LED light to induce photochemical reactions to purify a given volume of water.
Hydration Technologies<nowiki>’</nowiki> humanitarian water division is helping Puralytics sell the SolarBag to nonprofits that will distribute it.
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<br> ==Universities/Institutes==This section covers some of the university research in the nanofiltration segment of water purification. <br>===IIT Madras===
'''Graphene from Sugar and its Application in Water Purification'''
'''In Collaboration with: VIT Madras'''
Source: [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la2050515?prevSearch=%2528%2522water%2Bpurification%2522%2B%252B%2B%2522nanotechnology%2522%2529%2Band%2B%255BCollectionKey%253A%2B%252210.1555%252Fcategory.358319320%2522%255D&searchHistoryKey= ACS]
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===Department of Environmental Geosciences, University of Vienna===
'''Measuring and Modeling Adsorption of PAHs to Carbon Nanotubes Over a Six Order of Magnitude Wide Concentration Range'''
<br>===National Nanotechnology Center, NANOTEC, Thailand===
'''"SOS water" mobile water purifier'''
Source: [http://www.nanotec.or.th/en/?p=3721 NANOTEC]
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===LEITAT Technological Center, Spain===
'''Ceramic and Polymeric Membranes for Water Purification of Heavy Metals and Hazardous Organic Compounds'''
<br>===Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS, Germany===
'''Fouling resistant ceramic honeycomb nanofilters for efficient water treatmen'''t
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===Division of Materials Science, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden===
'''Nanoenabled membranes based on bio-materials for water purification'''
Source: [http://nano4water.eu/fileadmin/template/pdfs/Thessaloniki/05_NanoSelect_Mathew.pdf Nano4water]
===Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences===
'''An Electrochemical Carbon Nanotube Filter for Water Treatment Applications'''
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===Penn Engineering, University of Pennsylvania===
'''High Speed Water Sterilization System for Developing Countries'''
<br>===Wright State University, United States===
'''Metal Nanoparticles on Hierarchical Carbon Structures: New Architecture for Robust Water Purifiers'''
Source: [http://www.techconnectworld.com/World2012/wednesday.html TechConnect]
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=References=
The following sources were referred to, while making this report.
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