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Prof Hilal with the UK's then Prince Charles at Swansea University, Wales, in 2017

Prof Nidal Hilal, director of the NYUAD Water Research Centre, with a reverse osmosis module made in the UAE. All photos: Victor Besa / The National

It works by forcing salty water at pressure through a tube that has a plastic membrane that separates the salt.

Researcher Yazan Ibrahim at work in the laboratory

He works on a polymer to make a membrane at the research centre

Rolls of polymer

Prof Hilal explains the desalination process

Prof Hilal shows small pieces of plastic used to make membranes

Rawan Abu Alwan and Daniel Golubenko work on an electroconductive membrane

Research samples are stored at the centre

Prof Hilal with the UK's then Prince Charles at Swansea University, Wales, in 2017

Prof Nidal Hilal, director of the NYUAD Water Research Centre, with a reverse osmosis module made in the UAE. All photos: Victor Besa / The National

It works by forcing salty water at pressure through a tube that has a plastic membrane that separates the salt.

Researcher Yazan Ibrahim at work in the laboratory

He works on a polymer to make a membrane at the research centre

Rolls of polymer

Prof Hilal explains the desalination process

Prof Hilal shows small pieces of plastic used to make membranes

Rawan Abu Alwan and Daniel Golubenko work on an electroconductive membrane

Research samples are stored at the centre

Prof Hilal with the UK's then Prince Charles at Swansea University, Wales, in 2017

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