Technology NanoH2O enhances current polymer-based membranes with nanostructured material that allows additional ‘degrees of freedom’ in the control of membrane properties. The result is a wide array of advantageous membrane characteristics including improved permeability while maintaining requisite salt and contaminant rejection, both passive and active fouling resistance, as well as ‘tunable’ membrane performance to address specific water chemistries. By leveraging existing membrane synthesis techniques, NanoH2O’s advanced membrane technology requires few modifications to existing commercial manufacturing facilities – and fits within current desalination pressure vessels without alteration. Having demonstrated a 100% increase in membrane permeability coupled with enhanced fouling resistance, NanoH2O is positioned to affect the key cost drivers for desalination - energy consumption, capital expenditures and chemical consumption.