Develops Desalination Process
(23 October 2022, Manchester UK - Manchester based Watercycle Technologies Ltd (‘Watercycle’ or ‘the Company’), a pioneering critical minerals and water filtration specialist, is pleased to announce that it developed an advanced desalination process utilising its sustainable, high-yield, low-cost, mineral extraction and water treatment systems.
The Company’s strategy is to deliver profitable commercial solutions centred on sustainability, environmental protection, and remediation. Its IP is already being used to extract high value minerals from concentred solutions such as lithium from groundwater brines. The application of the technology within the desalination arena represents the next step in the Company’s corporate development strategy which also includes utilising its processes to successfully extract lithium from Black Mass in the battery recycling arena.
The global water desalination equipment market was valued at USD7.22 billion in 2021 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.0% between 2022 and 2030. Naturally occurring water supplies are becoming increasingly depleted around the world, translating into a clear need for water purification technology.
Watercycle Co-founder and CTO Dr Ahmed Abdelkarim said, “Our team recognises the threat that conflict and climate change pose to water security across the board. There is a huge opportunity for energy efficient, low emission, environmentally conscious desalination processes such as ours, with sea water and brines becoming increasingly more important to global potable water supply. Our desalination process is now proven, and we are actively pursuing partnership both corporates and governments to expedite its development commercially.”
ENDS
NOTES
Watercycle Technologies - www.watercycletechnologies.com
Watercycle, spun out from the University of Manchester and backed by business accelerator Aer Ventures, is an innovative, sustainability-driven deep tech company focused on developing high-yield, low-cost mineral extraction, and water treatment systems. Its advanced innovative membrane distillation-crystallisation (‘MDC’) technology is capable of treating highly concentrated water and is initially being utilised in lithium production from sub surface water and brines, as well as lithium-ion spent battery recycling, particularly relevant with regards to the current global transition towards a Circular Economy. The Company is operating from the world class facilities at the Masdar Building at the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre in Manchester, enabling the team to conduct critical R&D in state-of-the-art laboratories. Watercycle has a strong ethics-based business model that delivers profitable commercial solutions that are also focused on sustainability, environmental protection, and remediation.