Graphene Filter Makes Sea Water Drinkable After One Pass

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Graphene Filter Makes Sea Water Drinkable After One Pass

Sydney’s iconic harbour has played a starring role in the development of new CSIRO technology that could save lives around the world.

Using their own specially designed form of graphene, ‘Graphair’, CSIRO scientists have supercharged water purification, making it simpler, more effective and quicker.

The new filtering technique is so effective, water samples from Sydney Harbour were safe to drink after passing through the filter.

The breakthrough research was published in Nature Communications.

“Almost a third of the world’s population, some 2.1 billion people, don’t have clean and safe drinking water,” the paper’s lead author, CSIRO scientist Dr Dong Han Seo said.


“As a result, millions – mostly children – die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene every year.

Photo: Dr Seo collecting a water sample from Sydney Harbour.

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