The advent of plastic allowed for even greater advancements in water reuse .
The advent of plastic enabled the invention of reverse osmosis in 1959 by two UCLA students , Sidney Loeb and Srinivasa Sourirajan .
The advent of plastic allowed for even greater advancements in water reuse , and enabled the invention of reverse osmosis in 1959 by two UCLA students , Sidney Loeb and Srinivasa Sourirajan .