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PostDecember 20, 2019

Aluminum-powered reverse osmosis

J-WAFS Fellow Peter Godart is transforming aluminum debris from natural disasters into a power source for electricity and reverse osmosis.

Read his student spotlight here

by Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS)

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Food, Water & Agriculture

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