US Patent Issued to Evoqua Water Technologies on Feb. 18 for "Treatment of saline water for agricultural and potable use" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,442, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Evoqua Water Technologies LLC (Pittsburgh).

"Treatment of saline water for agricultural and potable use" was invented by Gary C. Ganzi (Lexington, Mass.) and Frederick C. Wilkins (Pepperell, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Water treatment systems including electrically-driven and pressure-driven separation apparatus configured to produce a first treated water suitable for use as irrigation water and a second treated water suitable for use as potable water from one of brackish water and saline water and methods of operation of same."

The patent was filed on Nov. 21, 2023, under Application...