Researchers find new, inexpensive way to clean water from oil sands production

Researchers find new, inexpensive way to clean water from oil sands production Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Nov 30, 2015 - Researchers have developed a process to remove contaminants from oil sands wastewater using only sunlight and nanoparticles that is more effective and inexpensive than conventional treatment methods. Frank Gu, a professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo and Canada Research Chair in Nanotechnology Engineering, is the senior researcher on the team that was the fir ... more

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