Penn State University and Neom’s ENOWA to work on sustainable water solutions

Penn State University, the leading US institution of higher education, has signed an agreement with Neom’s ENOWA company to support efforts in sustainable water solutions.

Through this collaboration up to $6 million will be invested into finding solutions for zero wastage of water.

Under the agreement, 15 projects will be funded and initial five will work on desalinating water, recovering rare earth minerals and metals from water and brine and minimizing water line strain and water loss.

The research work will be carried out at Penn State and later testing will be done in the ENOWA Water Innovation Center.

According to Lora Weiss, senior vice president for research at Penn State, the researchers at Penn State will be able to make important contributions to the water needs of society.

She said the innovations and solutions from this work will have have far-reaching and impacts on the world’s water needs.

Executive Director of Water at ENOWA, Gavin Van Tonder has called this another key milestone in its quest for investment and development of renewable utilities infrastructure.

Launched in March 2022, ENOWA is the energy and water company for NEOM. The organization benefits from NEOM's greenfield site and strategic location in the northwestern part of Saudi Arabia, which is abundant in solar and wind resources.  

Source: neom.com