Prioritization of the Technology Needs in Water Resources Sector:
1) Wastewater Treatment
- Grinder pumps
- Septic tank effluent filters
- Chlorination devices
- UV disinfection devices
2) Desalination
- Desalination device powered by renewable energy
- Membrane technologies
a) Reverse osmosis (RO)
b) Forward osmosis (FO)
c) Electro dialysis (ED)
- Thermal Technologies
a) Solar distillation
b) Multistage flash (MSF)
c) Multi-effect distillations (MED, sometimes called multi-effect evaporation or MEE)
- Seawater Packaged Desalination
3) Interbasin Water Transfer
4) Point Of Use Water Treatment
5) Water Loss Reduction
- Accurate sonic leak-detection equipment
a) Pinpoint listening devices
b) Geophones
- Correlator devices
- Pipe intrusive acoustics
6) Artificial Aquifer Recharge
7) Water Demand Reduction
- Drought Tolerant Plants and Trees
- High Efficient Dish Washers
- High Quality Toilet Flush Valves
8) Rainwater Harvesting
9) Surface-Water Storage
10) Storm-water Management and Bioswales
11) Non-structural Barriers to Flooding
12) Structural Barriers to Flooding
13) Accommodation of Flooding