If you can efficiently separate tiny molecules of salt from seawater, you probably have the technology to filter out larger bacteria, protozoan cysts and other contaminants floating in much of the world’s freshwater. That’s part of what NanOasis hopes will allow the company to not only provide tech for desalination projects in California, but also eventually sell into the market for water filtration systems in developing countries, the startup’s executives told me for an article on Earth2Tech. The piece also appeared (through syndication) on BusinessWeek.com