Advanced, Robust, and Simple Pretreatment to Reverse Osmosis

This proposal is specifically intended to address the safe water needs of mobile US forces in a size and production capacity to complement an extra small man portable with an innovative, state-of-the-art seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) purification system. In order to create a piece of equipment that is low production capacity and truly as small as possible, new technologies will have to be invented or existing technologies will have to be significantly modified enough to accommodate the extra small size and low production capacity. The equipment described by this Phase 1 Proposal may be used by US military forces wanting to treat contaminated fresh and salt water sources in remote locations for their use where only a very compact and lightweight unit with minimal maintenance and logistic needs can realistically be transported and operated. It shall provide the military the capability to purify water at the extra small contingency base (