unsw’s associate professor greg leslie has developed new technology that could offer new hope to farmers in drought-affected and marginal areas by enabling crops to grow using salty water.<\/p>\n
the new technology uses reverse osmosis membranes to filter salty water and direct the water directly to the plants’ roots without damaging the crops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
because there is less water available during a drought, water often picks up more minerals from the soil or ground and becomes saltier. these researchers in australia say that their technology can efficiently filter water and remove salts so plants are better able to use it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8921,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4919,4916,4896,4904],"tags":[112,51,189,2627,847,148,2529,2439],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-climate","category-food","category-water","tag-agriculture","tag-crops","tag-drought","tag-membrane","tag-salt","tag-technology","tag-unsw","tag-water-supply"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n