Salinity Solutions News Update
The spin-out's ground-breaking technology was developed to reduce the environmental impact of water treatment.
The Salinity Solutions team. Left to right: Commercial Director Steve Dunn, CEO Richard Bruges, Head of Marketing Jim Gilroy, Development Engineer Liam Burlace, Chief Technology Officer Tim Naughton, Electrical Engineering Manager Jonahan Grylls.
Spin-out Salinity Solutions has received an order from Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (TISS) for a HyBatchTM system, following the successful conclusion of a lab-based feasibility trial last year.
Salinity Solutions’ HyBatchTM, a ground-breaking, patented hybrid batch technology - the first in the world to be manufactured commercially - was developed to reduce the environmental impact of water treatment.
Water stress is a major global issue, which is expected to worsen in the coming years and globally, water demand is set to double over the next five years. Currently, 80% of the world’s wastewater isn’t treated and the water that is treated currently consumes 4% of the world’s total electricity production as conventional membrane-based water treatment systems are traditionally energy intensive.
TISS is the company promoting Toshiba Group's business in social infrastructure, which provides highly reliable water and wastewater treatment systems and operation know-how to solve customer issues all over the world and contributes to the creation of environmentally advanced communities with sustainable water infrastructure in response to regional, cultural, and environmental requirements.
“We’re delighted to be given this opportunity. We know our technology has the potential to benefit a range of sectors with its many applications and we look forward to showing its capabilities.” said Steve Dunn, Commercial and Operations Director, Salinity Solutions.
Salinity’s technology allows membrane processes to use less energy, purify a higher amount of wastewater, generate less waste, and be more compact than traditional systems.
Since launching in 2021, Salinity Solutions has completed successful trials and pilots in multiple industries, including lithium mining, industrial and municipal wastewater, agriculture and food production.
The company has built a strong sales pipeline across multiple sectors and geographies. Salinity Solutions’ technology is currently in use in the UK and Germany and will soon be operating in France and Chile.
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About Salinity Solutions
Salinity Solutions addresses the two biggest challenges in sustaining human life on earth – water and energy. The University of Birmingham spin-out, established in 2021, has developed a game-changing batch purification technology, which uses half the energy of traditional methods. Its patented, commercially viable solution has been described as the biggest step forward in water treatment in 50 years and has the potential to benefit membrane processes in every corner of the globe - from industrial wastewater clean-up and high value mineral extraction to rural drinking water. http://www.salinitysolutions.co.uk
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