ENRTF ID: 084-B

Project Title: Chloride-Free Home Water Treatment: Increasing Efficiency, Reducing Cost

Category: B. Water Resources

Summary: We will develop a new low-cost, high-efficiency pump that will enable a chloride-free solution to traditional household water softeners, thus eliminating the future cost of advanced treatment technology for WWTPs.

Total Project Budget: $ 265,000
Proposed Project Time Period for the Funding Requested: June 30, 2023 (3 yrs) 

Name: Natasha Wright
Sponsoring Organization: U of MN
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Address: 111 Church Street SE
Minneapolis MN 55455
Telephone Number: (612) 219-3540
Email wrigh677@umn.edu

Location: Statewide 

Alternate Text for Visual: (1) house with a traditional water softener; pallet of salt represents the chloride required (2) house with a reverse osmosis-based softener that does not need chloride (3) the new pump