Water filtration
Europe consumes billions of cubic metres of water each year. Several Graphene Flagship initiatives study new solutions for water purification, using graphene-enabled filters help remove contaminants, pesticides, heavy metals and dangerous pathogens.
![Our Graphene Flagship Spearhead Project GRAPHIL develops innovative graphene-enabled filters.](/media/qtnfhgs3/robert-anderson-aj-uu_9f9ko-unsplash.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=1280&height=820&rnd=132791194796430000)
Discover GRAPHIL
This Graphene Flagship Spearhead Project develops innovative graphene-enabled filters for household water treatment and portable water purification.
![Graphene to remove heavy metals](/media/g2tn0qdw/aquaryus15-j0toma0mhdc-unsplash-1.jpg?width=1280&quality=80)
Graphene to remove heavy metals
Our Graphene Flagship Partnering Project 2D-CHEM develoved new filters to remove heavy metal pollutants from water, expanding the potential of graphene to produce clean water.
![GRAPHESALT overcomes the main critical limitations of water desalination](/media/00aj3rsi/anastasia-taioglou-ctivhyitbfw-unsplash.jpg?width=1280&quality=80)
A sweet solution!
Graphene Flagship partner Tecnalia created and patented GRAPHESALT to desalinate sea water, overcoming the main critical limitations of the state-of-the-art technologies.