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EPISODE · Jan 28, 2026 · 16 MIN

Electrifying chemistry: bipolar membranes, MD and what’s scaling now

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Bipolar membranes are finally stepping out of the lab and into commercial relevance, reframing saline waste streams as feedstocks for on-site acid and base production (see the Bipolar Membranes Report and companion Web Briefing). Membrane distillation also gets a reality check—moving beyond desalination and hydrogen narratives to where deployment is actually happening: high-salinity, high-strength industrial wastewater and heat-recovery applications (full Membrane Distillation Report). Add systems-level reflections from Rethinking Water UK and Innovation Tracker signals from Aquacycl (featured in From Lighthouses to Tipping Points), HydroNauten and LayerPure, and the episode maps where water technologies are quietly crossing from promise into practice.--Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey.  Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

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Bipolar membranes are finally stepping out of the lab and into commercial relevance, reframing saline waste streams as feedstocks for on-site acid and base production (see the Bipolar Membranes Report and companion Web Briefing). Membrane distillation also gets a reality check—moving beyond desalination and hydrogen narratives to where deployment is actually happening: high-salinity, high-strength industrial wastewater and heat-recovery applications (full Membrane Distillation Report).&...

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