Packed House at UC Center in Sacramento Hears Berkeley Lab Scientists on Water Research
August 9, 2018
More than 200 attendees turned out to hear Berkeley Lab scientists speak on their research to develop solutions for a more secure and sustainable water future. With Peter Fiske, director of the Lab’s Water-Energy Resilience Research Institute (WERRI) as moderator, the panel included researchers Dan Miller, Peter Nico, and Chinmayee Subban. Topics covered include advances in membrane technology for ocean desalination; strategies to lower the cost of desalinating brackish groundwater, an under-utilized resource in California; how smart groundwater recharge strategies can help California increase its water supplies. <See Video>