Milestones

• Containerized, mobile desalination plant completed for field trials.
• Sustainable Development Technology Canada announces $0.58M contribution to Saltworks' project.
• Commercial-ready desalting device completed: built for reliable long-term operation with self-cleaning capability.
• Seawater desalination plant with 1,000 litre per day continuous operation commissioned for long duration seawater testing.

• Fully functional 135 m2 (1,500 sq. ft.) solar-thermal evaporative system commissioned in the Okanagan region of British Columbia for testing Saltworks' novel heat capture process.
• Permitting and establishment of Canada's first seawater desalination test facility.
• Saltworks presents its breakthrough technology at the World Desalination Congress in Dubai.
• BC Innovative Clean Energy Fund joins Saltworks pre-commercial plant project with $0.5M contribution.
• Ability to desalinate real seawater to potable standards confirmed.

• Saltworks wins First and Sustainability Prize in New Ventures BC 2008 competition.
• Desalination prototype proof-tested by BC Hydro's Powertech Labs.
• Joshua Zoshi and Ben Sparrow found Saltworks Technologies Inc.

• Ben Sparrow confirms theory behind Saltworks' breakthrough technology with an early prototype.
• Ben Sparrow publishes paper on the thermodynamics of saltwater in the peer reviewed journal, Desalination.