Read Older Water Use and Reuse Projects

ISTC has over three decades of research experience in water from pollution prevention to reducing water consumption. This list is a collection of our older water use and reuse projects.

• Aquapod© - A new forward osmosis technology developed at ISTC by researchers Kishore Rajagopalan and Vinod Patel. It uses a noncorrosive, nontoxic, stable osmotic solution to raise the osmotic pressure saving a lot of energy as apposed to traditional reverse osmosis. (US Patent No. US8852436)
  • Energy Efficient Waste Heat Coupled Forward Osmosis for Effluent Water Management at Coal-Fired Power Plants (2021)
  • Energy-Efficient Forward Osmosis for FGD Wastewater Volume Minimization (2020)
• Striped Bass Saline Aquaculture in Illinois (2015) - Saline water is prominent as wastewater effluent from injection into deep saline aquifers. To look at uses for this water, ISTC researchers created artificial saline water at natural concentrations and used it to raise striped bass. Researchers concluded that water displaced from the saline aquifers is suitable for growth of saline species for the purposes of aquaculture.
• One Billion Gallon Water Challenge (2015) - Wanting to build awarness amongst businesses, industries, communities and the general public about water conservation, ISTC funded projects focusing on using water more efficiently, reuse of water, and keeping our existing water resources clean.
• Use of Treated Effluent Water in Cellulosic Ethanol Production (2013) - ISTC researchers found that treated wastewater was a feasible substitute for freshwater in multiple steps of the ethanol production process and thereby reducing the overal water consumption of ethanol production.