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  "id": 3236441,
  "title": "PUB trial aims to halve energy used to pre-treat seawater for desalination",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/pub-trial-aims-to-halve-energy-used-to-pre-treat-seawater-for-3236441",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T09:24:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNA - Singapore",
    "slug": "cna-singapore",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pub-seawater-desalination-ceramic-membrane-technology-trial-meiden-6338876"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The trial is assessing whether ceramic membrane technology developed by Japanese firm Meiden can replace the three-stage pre-treatment process currently used to remove contaminants from seawater.",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "PUB trial aims to halve energy used to pre-treat seawater for desalination",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/pub-trial-aims-to-halve-energy-used-to-pre-treat-seawater-for",
        "published": "2026-08-25T09:24:09.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}