As demand grows, supply should be able to keep up with its pace so that we won't run out of resources. Though it seems like we might have a lot of sources for water given that 75% of the Earth is made of water, not all of that is usable for drinking and other things.
In the US, a new $100M Energy-Water Desalination Hub has been awarded to the National Alliance for Water Innovation in order to ensure the United States' water security in the future. The Hub will help accelerate research and development of desalination technologies and treatment of nontraditional water sources.
NAWI is a research alliance headquartered at Berkeley Lab and includes Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and 19 founding university partners, and 10 founding industry partners.
NAWI’s goal is to advance a portfolio of novel technologies that will secure a circular water economy in which 90% of nontraditional water sources – such as seawater, brackish water, and produced waters – can be cost-competitive with existing water sources within 10 years.
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